One million people joined a rally in favour of Spanish unity in Barcelona on Sunday, the central government’s representative in Catalonia said, while municipal police estimated turnout at 300,000.
Organisers said 1.3 million people had taken part in the demonstration, which comes two days after Catalan lawmakers voted to declare the wealthy region of 7.5 million people an independent republic.
Spaniards rallied in Catalonia’s capital Barcelona Sunday, waving national and European flags and chanting “Viva Espana!” to denounce regional lawmakers’ vote to sever the region from Spain.
Protesters swarmed, singing and clapping, through Barcelona’s streets in a sea of red-and-yellow Spanish flags, brandishing placards reading “De Todos” (It belongs to all of us).
By lunchtime, police estimated some 300,000 anti-secessionists had flocked to the city centre, while…
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