http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Sun, 26 May 2013 04:00:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/02/20/catalonia-takes-next-step-follows-scotland-towards-independence-referendum-in-2014/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/02/20/catalonia-takes-next-step-follows-scotland-towards-independence-referendum-in-2014/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:12:40 +0000 George Angus West http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=32665 Catalonia took a step towards independence last month, announcing plans for a referendum on the region’s status within Spain. The Declaration of Sovereignty of the Catalan People, passed by the Catalan parliament, marks the start of a “National Transition” for reconsidering Catalonia’s constitutional arrangement.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/02/20/catalonia-takes-next-step-follows-scotland-towards-independence-referendum-in-2014/feed/ 8