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(Independent shouts) It’s felt like a victory rally. For coalition of Catalan pro-independence parties. It’s succeeded in turning the selection into a vote on whether this region should break away from Spain. And as the results came in they claim ? to set ? to worlds independence. “There had never been these last 30 years and peak” The plural independence moving here in Catalonia appainting this as a complete victory. But it is not the win they wanted. It looks like they’ve got a majority of seats in the Catalan Parliament but not the majority of votes. They even have to team up with the small anti-capitalist separatist party to have the majority of seats. But Catalonia’s president painted an ambiguous results as a clear success. -“We have won the plebiscite, this is the important thing” -“Would you go for independence now?” -“We have a clear absolute majority in the Catalan Parliament to go ahead” The Spanish government whole say he and his movement failed. But in the absence of a real referendum here her supporters believe they can push ahead. -“If we don’t get a majority in votes, we should question again the population of Catalonia” -“But the Spanish government won’t let you have a referendum” -“Yeah that’s the problem” -“What happens after tonight?” -“A new government and the beginning of the process of independence I think” -“Even in you don’t have the fifty percent of the votes in the selection?” -“Yes because I think it’s not fair to count in votes if it’s not a real referendum” Their ultimate threat is to declare independence without the consent of the Spanish State. It’s the tactics of the pro-independence movement to try unpressured Madrid in to allowing a proper referendum. Sam BBC News, in Barcelona.