2010 Catalan autonomy protest

2010 Catalan autonomy protest
The protest in Barcelona at the intersection of Passeig de Gràcia and Carrer d'Aragó.
Date10 July 2010
Location
41°23′07″N 2°10′36″E / 41.3854°N 2.1767°E / 41.3854; 2.1767
MethodsProtest march, street protest

The 2010 Catalan autonomy protest was a demonstration in central Barcelona on 10 July 2010 against limitations of the autonomy of Catalonia, and particularly against a recent decision of the Spanish Constitutional Court to annul or reinterpret several articles of the 2006 Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia.[1] The number of people taking part in the demonstration was estimated at between 1.1 million (according to the local police) and 1.5 million (according to the organisers),[2][3] while Madrid-based newspaper El País estimated the number of demonstrators at 425,000.[4] The mobilisation was described as "unprecedented" by the mayor of Barcelona.[5] The Barcelona daily newspaper El Periódico de Catalunya described it as "without a doubt one of the biggest protest marches that has ever occurred in Catalonia, possibly the biggest".[2] It is thought that the 2012 Catalan independence demonstration involved more people, but this protest brought the dispute to light in the world.

The demonstration was led by a banner with the slogan in Catalan Som una nació. Nosaltres decidim. (English: 'We are a nation. We decide.').

  1. ^ Catalan protesters rally for greater autonomy in Spain, BBC News, 10 July 2010.
  2. ^ a b "La manifestació ha desbordat totes les previsions", El Periódico de Catalunya, 10 July 2010, archived from the original on 4 March 2012, retrieved 11 July 2010. (in Catalan)
  3. ^ "Un millón de personas inundan Barcelona en una histórica manifestación de rechazo a la sentencia contra el Estatut", La Vanguardia, 10 July 2010, archived from the original on 13 July 2010, retrieved 11 July 2010
  4. ^ Cálculo de asistentes (in Spanish)
  5. ^ "Hereu: "No hi ha precedent d'una mobilització així"", El Periódico de Catalunya, 10 July 2010, archived from the original on 4 March 2012, retrieved 11 July 2010. (in Catalan)

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