Catalan pro-sovereignty parties seek deal for united ballot front

The article reported that the month of December 2013 was key to Catalonia's right-to-decide aspirations: before the end of the year, the political parties that backed a referendum on the region's independence must agree on the question to be put to Catalans, a proposed date to do so, and the path to approach the Spanish Congress with the two.

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ESO: Background information: Tensions on the rise among Catalan pro-vote parties / Socialists’ unity questioned under strain of Catalan separatist pressure http://www.europeansources.info/record/tensions-on-the-rise-among-catalan-pro-vote-parties-socialists-unity-questioned-under-strain-of-catalan-separatist-pressure/

Catalan News Agency, 06.12.13: Five thousand march in Barcelona in support of Spanish unity http://www.catalannewsagency.com/politics/item/five-thousand-march-in-barcelona-in-support-of-spanish-unity

Catalan News Agency: Special Report: Catalonia's independence from Spain? http://www.catalannewsagency.com/catalonia-independence

Blog: LSE EuroppBlog, 28.12.13: The “right to decide” in the Catalan independence debate is far more complex than commonly portrayed http://bit.ly/1jhFmHR

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