Minority Cosmopolitanism: The Catalan Indepence Process, the EU, and the Framework Convention for National Minorities
Publisher: ECMI Volume: 28 pages, pdf Description: Public sentiments towards independence in Catalonia are arguably most forcefully expressed during the diada. This national Catalan holiday commemorates, each September 11th, Barcelona’s surrender to the Spanish and French in 1714 and the end of an independent Catalonia. On the diada of 2013, some demonstrators brought a banner which showed their support for independence. The banner reads, in English, ‘Catalonia – the next independent state in Europe.’ With their English message, independence supporters are engaging in a cosmopolitan gesture, reaching out to the world at large and making their cause known globally.