Catalan parties seeking the right to self-determination in the Spain’s north-eastern Catalonia region, today, agreed on the wording of an independence referendum that is proposed for November 2014 despite staunch opposition from the Spanish government.
Outlining the purpose of the referendum the Catalan regional government head, Artur Mas, described the main questions referendum looked to ask, stating
“Do you want Catalonia to be a state? And Do you want that state to be independent?”
The Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, immediately rejected the occurrence of a referendum, reiterating,
“As prime minister I have sworn to uphold the constitution and the law and, because of this, I guarantee this referendum will not happen.”