(Catalan News) The Catalan parliament has rejected a motion by far-right pro-independence party Aliança Catalana for a ban on the different forms of Islamic veil in public spaces.
The text only received the support of the conservative People’s Party and far-right Vox, meaning it was defeated by a large majority.
The debate was marked by the position of the largest pro-independence party Junts, which is also the largest opposition party. Junts defended the ban on the veil in certain cases, but rejected the bill, saying it “distilled hatred.”
However, other pro-independence parties, left-leaning Esquerra Republicana and far-left CUP, both criticized Carles Puigdemont’s party for “understanding the ideological framework of the far-right.”
