Catalan society has shifted in the editorial support for the Statutes of Catalonia

Almost all political parties in Catalonia (with the exception of PP and Ciutadans) support the initiative. Trade unions and employers, together with many other social sectors in addition to the Catalan Association of Universities, Public and professional associations

Catalan society has shifted in the editorial support for the Statutes of Catalonia

The discussion generated from this action has caused hundreds of users of The Vanguardia.es to give their opinion, add some 5,000 comments between Thursday and today. In addition, nearly 10,500 people have participated in a survey. Of these, 64% are in favour of the measure.

La Vanguardia, El Periódico de Catalunya, Avui, El Punt, Segre, Diari de Tarragona, La Mañana, Diari de Girona, Regió 7, El Nou 9, Diari de Sabadell, Diari de Terrassa, Diari del Priorat and the Catalan Association of the Newspapers Gratuïta (ACPG) published an extensive text which asks the Constitutional Court to respect the new statute to be decided through Parlament de Catalunya and Cortes Generales.

Other media such as RAC-1, Catalunya Radio, COM Ràdio, 8tv, Televisió de Catalunya, the Xarxa de Televisions Locals and L'Avenç have also expressed support for the initiative, aimed at Spanish public opinion, in which it outlines the concerns of large segments of society to the possibility of the highly restrictive statement of the TC.

Almost all political parties in Catalonia (with the exception of PP and Ciutadans) support the initiative. Trade unions and employers, together with many other social sectors in addition to the Catalan Association of Universities, Public and professional associations. Sports clubs like Barca, Espanyol, cultural institutions such as Omnium Cultural and different federations and Catalan associations TAMIB adhere to the request.

El Mundo, La Razón and ABC are the newspapers forcefully rejecting what they describe as "Constitutional pressure" and defended the unity of Spain and the Constitution. The country also devotes part of its editorial to the Catalan press, criticizing the "pressure" that the initiative refers to in the TC.

Entitled "The dignity of the Spanish (including at least 2.7 million Catalans)," the newspaper El Mundo mimics the title of the Catalan newspaper's editorial but to attack the initiative.



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