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. '