I believe that Catalonia should be an independent state
I BELIEVE THAT CATALONIA SHOULD BE AN INDEPENDENT STATE
The world should now that there’s a region that is trying to decide its future democratically, the world should know that
1,5 million people went to the street last year to claim the freedom of their country, the world should know that this year more than 2 million people came back to the street and made a human chain from the north to the south of Catalonia to show everybody that, peacefully and respectfully, we will not stop fighting for our rights.
So for all these things today I will explain you the main reasons why it should happen, why Catalonia should be an independent state.
But first of all let me explain you what is Catalonia. Because I know that not all the world knows what’s Catalonia, not all al the people know that there exists a little region in the north-west of Spain that has its own language, its own culture, its own history…
Catalonia nowadays is a region of Spain, but it has not always been like this. The history of Catalonia began many centuries ago. A culture with many different traits from the rest of Spain started to grow up and during many years this culture has been strengthened. In 1714 Catalonia lost a war against the Spanish soldiers and we lost all our sovereignty.
Many people fought for the recognition of the Catalan during many years but when the dictatorship of Franco started the Catalan language was made illegal.
After at his death Spain transformed to a democracy and the Catalan language was legalized again. However the attacks to the Catalan language are still present nowadays.
Spain is divided into communities, which have different competences but the most significant ones have to be approved by the government of Spain. During many years
Catalonia has been asking for an improvement in these competences but Madrid has always rejected them. But let’s focus on the economy first. For you to understand it better, I will show you how the fiscal
The world should now that there’s a region that is trying to decide its future democratically, the world should know that
1,5 million people went to the street last year to claim the freedom of their country, the world should know that this year more than 2 million people came back to the street and made a human chain from the north to the south of Catalonia to show everybody that, peacefully and respectfully, we will not stop fighting for our rights.
So for all these things today I will explain you the main reasons why it should happen, why Catalonia should be an independent state.
But first of all let me explain you what is Catalonia. Because I know that not all the world knows what’s Catalonia, not all al the people know that there exists a little region in the north-west of Spain that has its own language, its own culture, its own history…
Catalonia nowadays is a region of Spain, but it has not always been like this. The history of Catalonia began many centuries ago. A culture with many different traits from the rest of Spain started to grow up and during many years this culture has been strengthened. In 1714 Catalonia lost a war against the Spanish soldiers and we lost all our sovereignty.
Many people fought for the recognition of the Catalan during many years but when the dictatorship of Franco started the Catalan language was made illegal.
After at his death Spain transformed to a democracy and the Catalan language was legalized again. However the attacks to the Catalan language are still present nowadays.
Spain is divided into communities, which have different competences but the most significant ones have to be approved by the government of Spain. During many years
Catalonia has been asking for an improvement in these competences but Madrid has always rejected them. But let’s focus on the economy first. For you to understand it better, I will show you how the fiscal