Inside Catalonia's pro-independence movement: 'They beat us with sticks... we have to beat them with votes'

Inside Catalonia's pro-independence movement: 'They beat us with sticks... we have to beat them with votes' | The Independent: 

This week 45,000 Catalans and their sympathisers flocked to the rainy streets of Brussels to greet their deposed former president Carles Puigdemont and take their fight to the capital of Europe. Four days before Christmas they will take it to the ballot boxes in regional elections where they aim to show they are stronger than ever.