"Can I still pay with euro here?" The waiter behind counter of a bar at Barcelona's City Beach Barceloneta twisted his eyes: The joke he has heard a few times today. Yes, of course, family far from Wiesbaden can pay beach paella in euros, "cat" is not yet invented and independent Catalan Republic is only available as a wish.
The sunny autumn sun is mild, tourists stretch on beach, and apart from incessantly over Barcelona police helicopters, nothing indicates strange state of suspense that Catalonia has been in since Friday. The regional government is deposed, parliament dissolved, but Prime minister Carles Puigdemont and his cabinet have not yet officially declared mselves. They continue to play government.
On Saturday, ex-president turned to his ex-people in a television address and spoke symbolically in front of a leading staircase of his will to advance country. On next day, 300,000 Catalans are moving through Barcelona, rejecting independence. They chant "Viva España" and "Tots som Catalunya", "We All are Catalonia", y celebrate "return of normalcy". No angry against demonstrators put mselves in ir way. The independent Republic of Catalonia and intact Spanish kingdom: y coexist peacefully in ir parallel worlds.
Party bans are not excludedIn Madrid, signs indicate deescalation – yet. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has announced reelections for 21st of December, surprisingly soon. In an almost conciliatory interview, government spokesman Íñigo Méndez de Vigo said that he would also welcome Puigdemont – and thus man his party had a few days earlier as a dangerous "coup" vilified. The radical left-wing cup in Catalonia has already called for a boycott of regional elections set by "a foreign State".
Wher two or independence parties, left Republican Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) and Puigdemonts PdeCat, participate in elections is still open; Some points out. The Catalan daily El Punt Avui published a guest contribution by ERC chief Oriol Junqueras on Sunday. He announced "decisions that are difficult to understand" but are necessary for construction of Republic. Artur Mas, alcohol rector of PdeCat, had repeatedly called it a mistake in recent weeks to boycott elections.
Party bans are not excluded. They are not politically wise, y also know opponents of separatists. "Elections are only scenario in which all Catalans can express ir opinion under same conditions," says Lluís Llaquet, a 23-year-old journalist who is close to Antisezessionistischen movement Societat Civil Catalana: "I would like all Participating parties. " Surprisingly fast, Catalonia could find its way back to troubles of Spanish politics after short intoxication of its own republic.
Date Of Update: 30 October 2017, 12:02
