(ANSAmed) - MADRID, OCTOBER 12 - Thousands of people
demonstrated today in Barcelona's downtown square, Plaza
Catalunya, to mark the national holiday - October 12 - under the
anti-independence slogan, ''Catalonia is all of us''.
Organized by the Spain and Catalonia Civic Movement as a
counterpoint to the National Day of Catalonia - which last
September attracted 1.5 million people to Barcelona's streets -
Friday's demonstration mobilized about 6000 people from
Valencia, Aragon, Madrid and other Spanish cities, according to
police.
Demonstrators included politicians of the center-right People's Party, with Catalan leader Alicia Sanchez Camacho and constitutional parties like Ciutadans, as well as many families.
The parade unfolded in a festive atmosphere with many Spanish and Catalan flags, and a few European Union flags.
The symbol of the movement is a heart broken in two, with a Spanish flag in one half and a Catalan flag in the other. It is the first time that Barcellona has had an anti-independence demonstration on the Spanish national holiday.
Regional police deployed 800 officers to keep public order.
(ANSAmed).
Demonstrators included politicians of the center-right People's Party, with Catalan leader Alicia Sanchez Camacho and constitutional parties like Ciutadans, as well as many families.
The parade unfolded in a festive atmosphere with many Spanish and Catalan flags, and a few European Union flags.
The symbol of the movement is a heart broken in two, with a Spanish flag in one half and a Catalan flag in the other. It is the first time that Barcellona has had an anti-independence demonstration on the Spanish national holiday.
Regional police deployed 800 officers to keep public order.
(ANSAmed).
