What the Catalonia Referendum teaches us about democracy
By James Lewis On the 21st December, the pro-independence coalition of Together For Catalonia, Republican Left, and the Popular Unity Party declared victory in the Catalonia regional elections after record numbers hit the voting booths. This was, re-elected Catalan President Carles Puigdemont claimed, a victory not just for his Together For Catalonia and the separatist movement, but for the “Catalan Republic”. However, celebrations for Carles Puigdemont and many of his senior