Catalonia will decide in 2014 if it wants independence according to Josep Lluís Carod-Rovira, the vice-president of the Generalitat (Catalan Govt.) and leader of Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (a leftist Catalan party). Carod-Rovira told the Barcelona newspaper La Vanguardia that an independent Catalonia would be much easier to achieve than a federal Spain. He said: "Catalonia has never been a priority for Spain, while on the other hand Spain has always been a priority for Catalonia. Spain only wants us to pay taxes... and that's it."
Summarised translation from El País, 27 Aug. 2007








