Shocking footage shows a crowd of pro-unionist supporters jeering members of Catalonia‘s mossos d’esquadra as they brandish the Spanish flag.
Police officers can be seen pushing back the marchers as a police van passes through the demonstration.
The video also shows the several people screaming aggressively at the officers and breaking out chanting: “We are Spanish! We are Spanish!”
The footage is believed to have been captured in Barcelona during one of the “Recuperem el Seny” (Let’s recover common sense) marches organised by the Catalan Civic Society throughout the weekend.
The Society called on pro-unionists and pro-independentist to march together to put an end to the tension that has taken over Catalonia since the autonomous region held an illegal independence referendum on October 1.
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Protesters rallied in central Barcelona, waving Spanish and Catalan flags and banners saying “Catalonia is Spain” and “Together we are stronger”, as politicians on both sides hardened their positions in the country’s worst political crisis for decades.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Saturday he would not rule out removing Catalonia’s government and calling a fresh local election if it claimed independence, as well as suspending the region’s existing autonomous status.
Madrid sent thousands of national police into the region to prevent the vote.
About 900 people were injured when officers fired rubber bullets and charged crowds with truncheons in scenes that shocked Spain and the world and dramatically escalated the dispute.
Losing Catalonia is almost unthinkable for the Spanish government as it would cost Spain nearly 16 per cent of the national population, a fifth of its economic output and more than a quarter of its exports.
The final results of the vote showed 90 percent of the 2.3 million people who voted backed independence. Turnout was 43 percent.
The country is waiting for a speech on Tuesday by Catalan President Carles Puigdemont amid speculation he will declare independence.