Catalonia's separatists: ‘The Spanish state has failed. We can change this'

``His coalition seeks to turn the 27 September ballot into a de facto referendum on independence, segregating parties by their stance on the question and launching the region's most ambitious move in recent years in the push to break away from Spain. "If there is a majority, we will have to manage that result. If there is not a majority, we will have to accept that and move on." Polls suggest that pro-independence parties could win a slim majority in the 135-seat regional parliament''