Mallorca decides Catalan Countries

780 years ago Catalan troops guided by the king Jaume I conquered the city of Mallorca. It was the beginning of the Catalan presence in the island because the Muslim propulation was replaced by a Catalan one. Some years ago the descendants of that population celebrate the conquest on 31.12.1229. It is time too to vindicate the right of self-determination. This year dozens of political and social groups united in the Platform 31D celebrated a demonstration in Palma. The slogan was "Spain and France are crisis. We decide Catalan Countries". About 4.000 people marched around the Palma's streets and burned Spanish flags. A concert finished the demonstration. About twenty years ago this march was followed only by a handful of people, about a hundred. A new generation of young people fully supports Mallorca's independence and the unity with the rest of the Catalan nation.

The march culminated two weeks of acts in almost every village of Mallorca's island in a big effort by several groups as Obra Cultural Balear (OCB) and the new born Esquerra Independentista de Mallorca (EIM) to popularize the celebration. Delegations from continental Catalonia as well as Galicia and Basque Country supported the actions.