and the Borbonic Monarchic flag became the national flag. In Catalonia, however, the plurinational vision of Spain did not disappear; the left parties continued to call for a redefinition of Spain.

The crowd of people, some waving Catalonia’s flag, but many hoisting Spain’s, grew to fill the square in front of city hall. Protestors tried a few times to pull down a pro-referendum banner ...

Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz ... “It is too early to tell,” said Miro, holding the flag of Catalonia. “The people that return home will have to come back out to the streets ...

An estelada (Catalan separatist flag) flies next to a green traffic light in Alella town, north of Barcelona, Spain, September 5, 2017. Albert Gea/Reuters The regional government in Catalonia ...

He had just marched through the centre of Barcelona on Sunday along with hundreds of thousands of other flag-waving demonstrators chanting "Catalonia is Spain, Spain is Catalonia." It was just a ...

Patriotic displays of the flag are rare in Spain, where it still reminds many of the Franco dictatorship. But Catalonia's bid for independence has fired up national sentiment, and with it demand ...

“We’ve flown the flag that represents everyone ... most Spaniards are against allowing Catalonia, or any of Spain’s 16 other regions, to secede. Spain’s 1978 constitution pledges ...

“Catalonia is an integral part of Spain, and the United States supports ... Encarna Buitrago was with her friends in a flag-waving crowd in front of the Parliament in Barcelona when independence ...

After Franco’s death in 1975, Catalonia regained much of its freedom, and four years later it became an autonomous region of Spain with its own parliament, government, flag and anthem.

Rallying around the flag against the reform was ... what would be the way forward for Catalonia in the European Union? A threat that Spain holds against the Catalan government is, if you leave ...