The 2017 Catalan independence referendum (Catalan: Referèndum sobre la independència de Catalunya de 2017) is a independencereferendum that occurred in Catalonia on 1 October 2017.[1] Political parties that do not want independence will boycott the referendum.
The Government of Spain opposes Catalan independence.[5] However, the Catalan government says it has the right to independence. Catalonia has not gotten any international support.