2017 Catalan independence referendum facts for kids
The 2017 Catalan independence referendum is a independence referendum that occurred in Catalonia on 1 October 2017. Political parties that do not want independence will boycott the referendum.
The referendum is illegal according to the Spanish constitution. The Constitutional Court of Spain suspended the referendum on 7 September 2017. The Catalonia government said the court order was not valid, and got support from 750 of 948 municipalities. This led to the 2017 Spanish constitutional crisis.
The Government of Spain opposes Catalan independence. However, the Catalan government says it has the right to independence. Catalonia has not gotten any international support.
Images for kids
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Pro-independence flags in Barcelona
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Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and 700 mayors of Catalonia on the meeting at preparation of referendum, 16 September 2017
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Final meeting of campaign for referendum in front of Palau Nacional, 29 September 2017
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Ballot paper that the Catalan government intended to use in the referendum, in Catalan, Castilian Spanish and Aranese Occitan, the three official languages of Catalonia
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Sinn Féin representatives meeting Catalan President Carles Puigdemont ahead of the referendum.
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Demonstration in Bilbao in solidarity with the Catalan referendum, 16 September 2017
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Queues of voters at polling stations for the referendum
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A person voting in Guinardó, Barcelona
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2017 Catalan general strike against police brutality
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Demonstration against Catalan independence in Barcelona on 8 October 2017
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Spanish National Police storm Institut Pau Claris polling station on 1 October 2017
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Katalanisches Tryptichon, painted by Matthias Laurenz Gräff
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1-O commemorative mural in front of a polling station in the Sant Andreu district of Barcelona. Votes: 4009 Yes, 292 No, 123 blank, 28 null
See also
In Spanish: Referéndum de independencia de Cataluña de 2017 para niños
