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      Spain: Barcelona braces for disputed independence vote00:36

      Spain: Barcelona braces for disputed independence vote

      Spain, Madrid
      Politics
      November 9, 2014 at 23:25 GMT +00:00 · Published

      Security was tight on the streets of Barcelona on Sunday as the Catalonian capital prepared for a vote on independence, defying Madrid which considers the the vote to be illegal.

      Catalans will go to the polls Sunday to answer two questions: whether they want Catalonia to be a state and whether they want that state to be independent from Madrid creating a new European country.

      The vote however is unbinding and informal and will not lead to any mandatory political change.

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      Security was tight on the streets of Barcelona on Sunday as the Catalonian capital prepared for a vote on independence, defying Madrid which considers the the vote to be illegal.

      Catalans will go to the polls Sunday to answer two questions: whether they want Catalonia to be a state and whether they want that state to be independent from Madrid creating a new European country.

      The vote however is unbinding and informal and will not lead to any mandatory political change.

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