One activist told BuzzFeed News that separatists would “declare independence” if a political solution was not reached.
Citizens in the region of Catalonia in Spain today took to the ballot boxes to vote on a symbolic independence referendum.
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Voters were asked whether they would like a Catalan state and whether such a state should be independent.
Controversy has surrounded the non-binding referendum, with Spain's prime minister Mariano Rajoy having called for a return to "sanity", adding that the vote would have no effect.
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But the President of Catalonia, Artur Mas, has led the way as a pro-independence campaigner and showed his ballot to reporters this morning.
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