Human chain to enforce referendum

san sebastián - More than 175,000 people went into the streets of Spain in the Basque Country on Sunday to form a human chain of more than 200 kilometers. With this action, the Basques want to express their demand for a referendum on independence.

The newspaper Diario Vasco reported that the activists formed a chain from the coastal city of San Sebastián to the Basque capital Vitoria. In Vitoria, Angel Oiarbide, one of the organizers of the demonstration, read a manifesto. He said that the Basques themselves should be able to decide on their political future.

The Spanish government states that referendums from the Spanish regions about independence are illegal. On 1 October, the Catalonia region held a plebiscite on independence. The Spanish government then put Catalonia under the supervision of Madrid.