The jail sentence of nine Catalonian independence supporters once again stirred tensions between Madrid and Barcelona . While the missing dialogue saves friendships, it also splits the society.
It was the night of the 15th of October. The Catalonian independence supporters were angry and they showed it.They moved garbage containers closer together the blue, green, yellow, and the brown one. On top, they put cardboard boxes and whatever else they could find to burn. The flames soon lit up La Rambla, the famous street in the centre of Barcelona.
The day before, the Spanish supreme court had sentenced nine Catalonian politicians and activists to jail for organising and supporting the illegal referendum for independence in October 2017. The sentence meant that they would spend between nine to thirteen years behind bars, for sedition, misuse of public funds and disobedience. Many locals were not pleased with this decision.