One of the interesting things recorded at the political opinion survey released in March by the Opinion Research Centre of the Catalan government is the range of motivations that are currently pushing people to support independence (a move that is wished by 44.6% of those asked). In Spanish nationalist milieus it is usual to hear that the pro-independence movement in Catalonia is inherently ethnicist, closed in on itself, even xenophobic. The survey shows that these are basically false accusations. Continue reading →