Dossier: Catalonia 2017 and what it meant for Scotland

The autumn of 2017 in Catalonia was followed closely in Scotland, where many saw it as the opposite of the agreed referendum of 2014. This dossier gathers our articles on the subject.

A wall mural of stick figures holding up ballot papers, with a ballot box drawn on the left — Mural commemorating 1 October 2017 outside a polling station in Sant Andreu, Barcelona. Photo: Felato, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Observing Catalonia's 1 October 2017 referendum
The legal status of the vote, the police operation, the results announced, and the preliminary statements and final reports of international visitors. With a one-page fact sheet (PDF).
The Catalan declaration of independence of 27 October 2017
The 70–10 vote, Article 155, the reactions in London, Edinburgh and Brussels, and the law of recognition.
The media and the independence debate
Including the comparison with how the Catalan movement campaigned in its communities.

For the Scottish side of the comparison, see the road after the 2014 No vote and the revival of the campaign in 2017.