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Poll shows Catalans evenly split on independence from Spain

MADRID – A Catalan government opinion poll indicates people in the northeastern region are evenly divided over the question of independence from Spain, less than a year before the region’s planned secession.

The Opinion Studies Center poll released Friday said 45.1 per cent of those quizzed oppose independence while 44.9 per centfavoured it. The remainder did not know or did not answer. The centre’s last poll in July showed pro-independents ahead by 47.7 per cent against 42.4 per cent.

Catalonia, whose capital is Barcelona, represents a fifth of Spain’s €1.1-trillion-euro ($1.2 trillion) GDP. Its pro-independence regional government says it will begin breaking away from Spain in 2017, although the national government rules this out.

The survey interviewed 1,500 people in person Oct. 17-Nov. 3 and has a margin of error of 2.5 per cent.

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