Flying the red and yellow striped Catalan flag used to be a bold statement of protest against Spain, with Spain once even outlawing it entirely. In the 2020s, this relaxed. People can freely speak ...

as was the senyera estelada - the iconic Catalan flag - and the use of non-Spanish names was not permitted either. Furthermore, one of Barcelona's presidents, Josep Sunyol, a noted Catalan ...

A sea of protesters wearing red shirts and bearing red-and-yellow Catalan flags banged drums, blew whistles and chanted slogans of support. The turnout was roughly the same as last year.