The Catalan independence movement is a social and political movement which seeks the independence of Catalonia from Spain.
A Catalan independence protest in July 2010
On the left, Colonel Francesc Macià, leader of ERC and President of Catalonia between 1931 and 1933
The 2010 Catalan autonomy protest in the intersection of Passeig de Gràcia and Aragó Avenues, in Barcelona
Artur Mas and Oriol Junqueras, signing the 2012–2016 governability agreement on 19 December 2012
Carles Puigdemont
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Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó is a Catalan politician and journalist from Spain. Since 2019 he has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). A former mayor of Girona, Puigdemont served as President of Catalonia from 2016 to 2017 when he was removed from office by the Spanish Government following the unilateral Catalan declaration of independence. He is co-founder of the National Call for the Republic (CNxR), leader of the Together for Catalonia (JuntsxCat) electoral alliance and founder of the Together for Catalonia party.
Puigdemont (right) as a child with his elder brother
Protest against the trial of Artur Mas, Joana Ortega and Irene Rigau on 6 February 2017
Puigdemont addresses a crowd following the Catalan declaration of independence on 27 October 2017