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      • After Franco’s death in 1975, Catalonia regained much of its freedom, and four years later it became an autonomous region of Spain with its own parliament, government, flag and anthem.
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  2. The beginnings of separatism in Catalonia can be traced back to regionalist and nationalist movements of the mid–19th century, influenced by romantic ideas widespread in Europe at the time. The first organised Catalan independence party was Estat Català (Catalan State), founded in 1922 by Francesc Macià.

  3. Oct 18, 2019 · Could Catalonia make a success of independence? When Franco died, the region was granted autonomy again under the 1978 constitution , external and prospered as part of...

  4. Oct 1, 2017 · October 1, 2017. In 2010 Spain’s Constitutional Court issued a landmark ruling that inadvertently laid the ground for Sunday’s independence referendum in Catalonia.

  5. Oct 27, 2017 · January 2015. After a non-binding referendum-style opinion poll the previous year showed high support for independence, Catalan president Artur Mas calls new regional elections as a further...

  6. Jun 22, 2021 · And while there's always been people supporting Catalan independence, the movement really became mainstream a decade ago, more or less, when the financial crisis and austerity were hitting Spain...

  7. Oct 6, 2017 · Between 1923 — with the support of the monarchy, the army and the church — General Primo de Rivera declared a dictatorship. Catalonia became a center of opposition and resistance.

  8. Oct 1, 2017 · The current strain of the Catalan independence movement began under the rule of fascist dictator Francisco Franco, who took over Spain in 1939.

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