In Barcelona, ​​a demonstration was arranged against the independence of Catalonia. The organizers announced a million participants

In Barcelona, ​​a protest was arranged against the separation of Catalonia from Spain. According to the organizers, more than a million people participate in the demonstration. The Barcelona police counted 300 thousand participants.

As the Medusa correspondent reports, he saw that the demonstrators spat on the portrait of Carles Puchdemon - the president of Catalonia, suspended by Madrid.

• On October 27, the Catalonia parliament voted for independence from Spain. Madrid immediately introduced the external administration in the region: Carles Puchdemon was removed from power and appointed their leader there. Puchdemon refused to resign and called on the supporters of the department to "democratic resistance."
• A month earlier, on October 1, a referendum was held in Catalonia, at which 90 percent of the vote (with a 43%turnout) were given in support of independence. Madrid did not recognize the results of the vote.