More acceptance between Spain and Catalonia

Spain is discussing Catalonia's Statute of Autonomy, which four years after it came into force has now been declared partially unconstitutional by the Spanish Constitutional Court. A group of Catalan intellectuals calls in the left-liberal daily El País for a realignment of relations between Spain and Catalonia: "The Spanish must accept that Catalonia is a nation, that it is a community with a clear awareness of possessing its own historical identity, its own language and its own will to reinforce its political independence. The Catalans must then for their part recognise that Spain is not just a state but a very old Western nation with a Castilian culture with which - despite all the mishaps of the past - it would be convenient for both sides to maintain privileged relations."

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