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The Catalan independence movement or the Catalan separatist movement () is a political movement , derived from Catalan nationalism , which supports the independence of Catalonia or the Catalan countries from Spain and France . The Estelada flag , in its blue and red versions, has become its main symbol. Recently, there

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