Leading Catalan parties agree self-rule referendum for 2014

The Catalan Republican Left (ERC) and the centre-right nationalist CiU group agreed a deal on the 19 December 2012 that will allow the CiU to form a new stable government led by current premier Artur Mas.

The CiU and the ERC agreed to hold a referendum on self-rule for Catalonia in 2014. Both sides had run their electoral campaign on an independence agenda.

ESO: Background information: All eyes on Catalan electio http://www.europeansources.info/record/all-eyes-on-catalan-election/

CNA, 18.12.12: Catalan nationalists have reached a final agreement and an independence vote will be organised in 2014 http://www.catalannewsagency.com/news/politics/catalan-nationalists-have-reached-final-agreement-and-independence-vote-will-be-organi

El País, 19.12.12: Mas will stay on as Catalan premier after deal with leftist nationalists http://elpais.com/elpais/2012/12/19/inenglish/1355925700_813116.html

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