Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Catalan independence movement or the Catalan separatist movement (Catalan: independentisme català) is a political movement, derived from Catalan nationalism, which supports the independence of Catalonia or the Catalan countries from Spain and France. The Estelada flag, in its blue and red versions, has become its main symbol.Recently, there has been a substantial increase in the number of people who openly consider themselves independentists, and on September 11, 2012 and September 11, 2013 there were massive demonstrations with more than 1 million participants calling for independence for Catalonia through a peaceful, democratic process and non-binding and unofficial referendums in municipalities. The ruling coalition, Convergència i Unió on giving up its longstanding strategy for more autonomy shortly after the 2012 demonstration (organized by a civil society movement), openly came out in favour of independence, lost some MPs in the parliament of Catalonia to the left-wing traditionally pro-independence party, Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC). With this shift in stance by Catalonia's ruling party, the 2012 election were the first in history resulting in a clear majority of the parliament in Catalonia (55% of seats) with a pro-independence stance. The campaign for the 2015 Catalan election was carried out as a plebiscite on independence, where the Catalan government hoped to gain the democratic authority to begin the independence process. Convergència i Unió split due to Unió's disagreement with the independence drive and Convergencia and ERC ran together as a unitary list named Junts pel Si (Together for Yes). Junts pel Si did not get a majority of parliament yet a slightly lower majority of seats (53%) were held by the two pro-independence parties (Junts pel Si and the far-left CUP). Pro-independence parties gained 47.8% of the popular vote, whereas openly anti-independence parties gained 41.62% and the left-wing platform Catalonia Yes We Can, which was ambiguous in its position favoring a \"political solution\", gained 8.94% of the votes."@en }
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- Catalan_independence abstract "The Catalan independence movement or the Catalan separatist movement (Catalan: independentisme català) is a political movement, derived from Catalan nationalism, which supports the independence of Catalonia or the Catalan countries from Spain and France. The Estelada flag, in its blue and red versions, has become its main symbol.Recently, there has been a substantial increase in the number of people who openly consider themselves independentists, and on September 11, 2012 and September 11, 2013 there were massive demonstrations with more than 1 million participants calling for independence for Catalonia through a peaceful, democratic process and non-binding and unofficial referendums in municipalities. The ruling coalition, Convergència i Unió on giving up its longstanding strategy for more autonomy shortly after the 2012 demonstration (organized by a civil society movement), openly came out in favour of independence, lost some MPs in the parliament of Catalonia to the left-wing traditionally pro-independence party, Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC). With this shift in stance by Catalonia's ruling party, the 2012 election were the first in history resulting in a clear majority of the parliament in Catalonia (55% of seats) with a pro-independence stance. The campaign for the 2015 Catalan election was carried out as a plebiscite on independence, where the Catalan government hoped to gain the democratic authority to begin the independence process. Convergència i Unió split due to Unió's disagreement with the independence drive and Convergencia and ERC ran together as a unitary list named Junts pel Si (Together for Yes). Junts pel Si did not get a majority of parliament yet a slightly lower majority of seats (53%) were held by the two pro-independence parties (Junts pel Si and the far-left CUP). Pro-independence parties gained 47.8% of the popular vote, whereas openly anti-independence parties gained 41.62% and the left-wing platform Catalonia Yes We Can, which was ambiguous in its position favoring a \"political solution\", gained 8.94% of the votes.".