Donec Perficiam

Donec Perficiam is a motto in Latin meaning "to succeed", "to get it." Was the motto of the Royal Guards, the Catalan bodyguard Charles of Austria, during the War of Spanish Succession.  

The Royal Catalan Guards were under the command of the Marquis de Foix Colonel Antonio de Paguera and Aimeric, illustrated military had been a member of the Academy of distrust, and the heroes Vic fitting that the day of the Holy Cross Christ, May 3, 1705 initiated the military uprising to overthrow Philip V The slogan meant the idea that despite the setbacks and defeats never surrender, they persist in the struggle "to succeed" to achieve victory.

Eleven months to double YES

Seemed to favor the parties to exercise self-determination exhausted until the end of the month deadline to agree on the date and the question of the independence referendum in Catalonia. But yesterday , CiU, ERC and ICV CUP surprised everyone by calling a press appearance solemnly announced that the consultation would be on 9 November 2014 with a double question : first , ' Catalonia wants to become a state ? ' Two answers : yes or no . And those who voted yes to the first question may be answering another : ' If so, you want this state to be independent ? ' We agreed the leaders of all groups in a meeting in the morning at the Palau de la Generalitat. The announcement opens a period of eleven months , which provide rapid and agitated , until the query is done , which yesterday received an overwhelming response from the Spanish government .

' Everyone who wants a change in the political status may vote and everyone who wants to be able to vote as an independent state , "said Artur Mas, who described the question very much inclusive majority .Mas thanked ' understanding, generosity , cooperation and sense of country " of all parties that had signed the agreement. ' We know that we have in the hands has a great historical significance and future very important. We had to live up to the occasion. '

A referendum on independence?

RISING tension between Madrid and Catalonia reached a new peak yesterday with the announcement by the Catalan president, Artur Mas, that he plans to hold an independence referendum on November 9^th next year. Flanked by leaders of parties that hold two-thirds of seats in the region's parliament, Mr Mas launched the biggest challenge to Spain's internal structure in recent history. The Catalans, he said, are “a people who want to decide for themselves on their own future”.

But those expecting Catalonia to follow Scotland, which votes in September on separation from the United Kingdom, into a formal and binding decision on independence must think again. Unlike Britain's prime minister, David Cameron, the Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, does not want a referendum or any other kind of vote that Mr Mas, who terms his proposal a “consultation”, might organise. The government of Mr Rajoy’s conservative Popular Party (PP) government can and will block it. “I guarantee this referendum will not happen,” Mr Rajoy said. He has the backing of Spain's main opposition party, the socialists, and will have the proposed referendum suspended by the constitutional court as soon as it is formally approved by Catalonia's government or parliament.

Mr Mas is expected to bow to the court's decision and, so, cancel the referendum. He can then be expected to declare that the next Catalan regional elections will be, in effect, a plebiscite on independence. But those elections might not be held until 2016. It is impossible to predict the result or what would happen afterwards, especially as the Madrid government may have changed by then. Spain's thorniest issue, in other words, will not be resolved for years.

The new stand-off takes the Catalan problem into uncharted waters. The vast majority of Catalans favour a referendum. But Spain's constitution from 1978 does not offer them a right to self-determination. Nor, insists Mr Rajoy, does it allow any kind of consultation or referendum that is not approved by Madrid.

Polls show that, in the space of just a few years, support for independence has shot up to 56%. But pollsters also see a significant number of waverers. Enric Juliana, an influential columnist of La Vanguardia, a Barcelona newspaper, says many Catalans fluctuate daily, waking up separatist and going to bed federalist. The latter is a solution proposed by Spain's socialists, but frowned on by Mr Rajoy. And even within Mr Mas's nationalist Convergence and Union (CiU) coalition there is a strong sector opposed to outright independence.

With his coalition divided, Mr Mas is increasingly dependent on the separatist Catalan Republican Left (ERC) party for support. ERC currently props up his minority government and would have forced elections if Mr Mas had reneged on his promise to call a referendum on independence next year. Polls also show that ERC is now more popular than CiU and could oust it from its historic position as Catalonia's most popular party. The independence row has fractured the Catalan political panorama, driving voters towards parties more clearly defined as pro or anti independence.

There is nothing like the word “no”, pronounced from Madrid, for inflaming separatist passions. And blocking the referendum does nothing to resolve the growing pressure from Catalans for a change in their relationship with Spain. Mr Rajoy has no plan for fixing the problem. The socialist proposal for constitutional reform to turn Spain into a federal country (a fix that suits some Catalans) would eventually require backing from the PP. Solutions, it seems, will have to wait until after a general election in 2015. In the meantime, the fractures appearing in Catalan society, and between Catalans and other Spaniards, will grow.

“It always seems impossible until it's done.”

The ERC deputy to the Congress Alfred Bosch has expressed "dismay" ERC for the death of Nelson Mandela. According to Bosch, ERC dobby endorses the "political and moral" of Madiba in space which refers to the path to freedom has to do with "generosity, courage, skill and determination."  

He cited the example of Mandela always tied its future to its people. Through a statement, Bosch pointed out that former South African has played a major cause of humanity, such as the fight against racial inequality. "Mandela is a totem, a symbol of man, a moral giant who has earned the respect of all mankind," he stressed.

Video denounces discrimination of Catalan in the Spanish constitution

Taking advantage of that December 6 is the day of the Spanish Constitution , the Platform for Language remember that this is the only constitution of the European Union does not recognize as a state official and the same level as any other language own the size and vitality of Catalan. Therefore, the video published in English ' Catalan and the official European Union languages ​​' that aims to explain Europe and the world have not because Catalan is the official language of the European Union .
This video is actually an adapted version of a revised and translated into Catalan first video released a few months ago . With this new version , the company wants to tell the world that in Europe and the exceptional treatment . The video will be sent to hundreds of international contacts , particularly in the ranks of the European Union , including the European Commission and the European Parliament. As mentioned at the end of the video, it is not surprising that many Catalans claim their own state to be recognized as Europeans with the same rights as the rest.

European liberals include the right to decide de Catalunya in his campaign for the European

The Party of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats approved a specific European manifesto for the right to decide the Catalans in their program for the next European elections . This is the first major international support getting the process for consultation in Catalunya , explicit support in the congress of the great European liberal family which was held in London from 28 to 30 November and you belong significant leaders, as the European economic commissioner himself , Olli Rehn and the secretary general of NATO, Anders Rasmussen ,
The adoption of this manifesto was produced by a specific amendment submitted by the delegation of CDC , training belonging to the alliance since 2005 and in which the Catalan leader Marc Guerrero was re-elected as vice president.
The alliance is made up of 55 European parties and their whole consists of more than 600 delegates . At the meeting last week, the first step was to choose the Liberal candidate for the presidency of the European Commission.
The whole decision comes after the youths of this political family recently noted its position in favor of the right to decide and that the party chairman, Graham Watson, also advise the Spanish government to " no longer live in the eighteenth century and that " the EU must be sufficiently strong and flexible" to allow the creation of new states within its borders .
Youths European liberal party ( LYMEC ) approved this November a resolution supporting the "right to decide stateless nations " , a proposal from the Nationalist Juventut de Catalunya ( JNC ) . In the text the option to resolve the political conflicts of stateless nations by voting and democracy recognized and explicitly invited Spain to follow the path of the UK with the Scottish referendum.

The president of the Liberal International calls on Rajoy to allow consultation Catalunya

The President of the Generalitat , Artur Mas , stressed on Monday the " conspicuous absence " of government proposals in the Catalan sovereignty debate, a situation which, in his opinion, " not understood " internationally.
The Catalan President has delivered the Trias Fargas Memorial Award , awarded by the Foundation Llibertat i Democràcia linked to CDC, Hans van Baalen , president of the Liberal International . After the speech of Hans van Baalen , who has defended the right to decide Catalans , But at a time when the parties should determine before the end of the year the question and date of consultation , has defended the sovereignty process to do " with rigor" , "firmness " and " serenity " to avoid " making a fool " .
In the same line that has been expressed Van Baalen , Mas has stated that the role model is the United Kingdom, which has authorized an independence consultation in Scotland in 2014 , as the Catalan government "does not impose" but " negotiate. " "It's logical" British Prime Minister David Cameron and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to "defend the unity of his statements ," but " there is a difference" is that " the British left the Scots vote " has Catalan president said .
But he criticized that , in the current context , the Spanish State raises no proposals to be " attractive " to Catalonia: " The conspicuous absence of motion - bit state is internationally understood ," he assured . The Catalan chief executive has also claimed that Europe "does not spare anyone " and that Europe is the "natural home " of the Catalans.