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Els arguments a favor i en contra per incloure Catalunya dins la llista de països són els següents:
For:
Catalonia has its own language. Catalan is a language which evolved from Latin around the 9th century, as did French, Spanish or Romanian, to name a few of the so-called Romance languages. A conservative estimate of the number of native speakers of Catalan is about 6.5 million [...]. Within Spain a further 3 million claim to understand Catalan.
Here are some figures which could help in understanding the relative importance of Catalan as an European language.
- 14% of all books published in Spain are written in Catalan.
- Catalan has more speakers than any of these European languages: Danish, Slovak, Lithuanian, Latvian, Slovene, Estonian.
- The percentage of Catalan speakers in Spain is close to the percentage of French speakers in Canada or French speakers in Switzerland.
Although after the Spanish civil war (1936-1939) the Catalan was banned by Franco's regime, and after the advent of democracy in 1975 it has never been supported by Spain in Catalonia, we have preserved our language, and today is spoken throughout our country, taught in schools, published in books and in the media.
The country-the history: Catalonia, like all European nations started about a thousand years ago and, for all practical purposes, can be considered as an independent country until the beginning of the 18th century. The idea of a nation-state called Spain evolved slowly when one of the kingdoms in the Iberian peninsula (Castile) wanted to put all other kingdoms under a unique king, a unique law, a unique language, and a unique administration. Clearly, this project could not be completed without violence, intimidation and war. After the defeat of the Catalan army in 1714, Catalonia was incorporated to Spain like colony. On September 11th, 1714 the Spanish army defeated the defenders of Barcelona, entered into the city, killed a large number of people (including the prime minister, Rafael de Casanova) and, in a short time, occupied the whole country. The king Philip abolished the Catalan constitution, the Catalan Parliament and most Catalan laws. He started a dreadful political, cultural and economical repression and established a very heavy tax system in Catalonia. Thus our country become sort of a colony of Castile. Since then, our country has never again been a free one. Strangely enough, our National Day is September 11th in memory of the day when we lost our freedom! We miss the right of self-determination (= the process by which a country determines its own statehood and forms its own allegiances and government (The New Oxford Dictionary of English)) which is recognized by UN's resolution 1514 of 1960 as a fundamental right of the peoples of the World.
Against:
Catalonia does not meet any of the factors below used for previous consideration as a Marathon Globetrotter country.
FIFA membership
IOC membership (which brought in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland)
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (used as an aid in decision along with FIFA and IOC)
Self rule/self-governing (Vatican, Jersey, Isle of Man…)
Internationally recognized independent state (Vatican)
Autonomous Country (Greenland, Faroe Islands, Aruba, Curacao,…)
Antarctica, special case, no government, but a common marathon destination and a requirement for 7 continent status.
Unincorporated territory (Guam, Puerto Rico, Samoa,…)
UN Member (193) and Non-Member State (Vatican and Palestine)
Catalonia was last independent in 1714, 301 years ago. For perspective this is prior to the time when Texas was part of Spain, then France, then Mexico, then Republic of Texas, then USA, then Confederate States of America, then back to USA.
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