Independence or bust: Catalan leader boxed in by his own angry baseVIC, Spain (Reuters) - Catalonia s pro-independence leader Carles Puigdemont has called for the European Union to mediate with Spain over the region s future, but for many Catalans the intensity of a police crackdown on a banned referendum may mean it is too late for compromise. Across Catalonia s separatist heartland of Osona county, politicians said police action, using rubber bullets and batons against voters in the independence vote, left little room in the independence camp for anything short of secession.  People here have completely disconnected from the Spanish state,  said Joan Coma, a councilor for the Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP), a small anti-capitalist party which has an outsized influence on Puigdemont s Catalan government.   Independence will be unilateral,  said Coma, who police arrested last year and released in June on charges of inciting civil disobedience and who is councilor in Osana s capital Vic. Before Sunday s vote, members of Puigdemont s PdeCat party said they would be ready to accept greater fiscal and political autonomy without full independence for Catalonia, a region with its own language and an industrial and tourism powerhouse that accounts for a fifth of Spain s economy. But widespread anger over the crackdown on the referendum, declared illegal by Madrid, now makes any such strategy politically risky, given it would be unlikely to sustain broad support from independence supporters and from within Puigdemont s own ruling coalition in the Catalan parliament. The pro-independence Catalan National Assembly (ANC), which has organized protests of hundreds of thousands of secessionists in the past, interpreted Puigdemont s push for mediation as essentially a call for EU recognition of a new Catalan state.  It would be the EU that offers to mediate talks to reach an agreement which, I insist, would include Catalonia s independence,  ANC spokesman Adria Alsina said. Puigdemont on Tuesday evening said his government would ask the separatist-controlled Catalan parliament to declare independence within 48 hours of tallying votes from the referendum, which he said could be as soon as this weekend. This would leave Rajoy with the option of invoking the constitution to suspend the Catalan government and to bring on regional elections. This so-called  nuclear option  could reignite unrest in a region where secessionists are invoking the name of late dictator Francisco Franco in describing Rajoy s tactics. Before Franco s death in 1975, the Catalan language was suppressed.  An EU spokesman declined to say whether the Union would mediate, although it would be unusual for Brussels to take such a step within one of the bloc s own member states. The EU executive voiced trust in Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy s ability to manage this  internal matter , but also called for dialogue between the sides and reminded Madrid of a need to respect citizens  basic rights.  Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Catalonia on Tuesday to protest against Sunday s violent crackdown by Spanish police. The referendum has plunged Spain into its worst constitutional crisis in decades, and is a political test for  Rajoy, a conservative who has taken a hard line stance on the issue. Outside of Catalonia, Spaniards mostly hold strong views against its independence drive. Spain s King Felipe VI, in a rare intervention, accused secessionist leaders on Tuesday of shattering democratic principles and dividing Catalan society. Interviews with five pro-independence politicians in Osona county, a patchwork of farming towns, reveal an uncompromising mood after Sunday s violence which, according to Catalan officials, injured around 900 people across the region.  We have lost our fear,  said Jordi Casals, a 39-year-old councilor for the center-left Esquerra Republicana party in the town of Torello.  To go back now is impossible.  Casals said that when he entered politics over a decade ago, separatist rallies attracted just a few thousand people. On Sunday, 2.26 million people out of 5.34 million registered voters managed to vote with about 90 percent backing independence, according to Catalan government figures. However, unionists mostly boycotted the referendum.  Puigdemont used vague language open to interpretation when asked what he wanted to achieve from EU-mediated talks. On Monday, he said:  It would be a mediation in which there must be a commitment to re-establish the institutional normalcy.  Coma said Sunday s turnout   greater than that of an informal ballot in 2014 according to Catalan officials   made the referendum result binding and the CUP was now mobilizing local assemblies to begin the process of splitting with Spain. The CUP is crucial to the survival of a separatist Catalan government since it enabled larger parties to form a pro-independence coalition in 2015. As a condition, it forced out Artur Mas as Catalan leader for Puigdemont due to the lack of progress toward independence since the 2014 vote. The independence tide began to turn in 2010 when secessionists were outraged by a decision of Spain s Constitutional Court, which struck down a reform to Catalonia s autonomy statute that had recognized it as a nation and gave the Catalan language primacy over Spanish. The week after, a million Catalans took to Barcelona s streets in the first pro-independence mass demonstration to protest under the slogan    We are a nation. We decide!   Whenever we have trusted the Spanish state, they have cheated us. Every agreement we made they broke,  said Jordi Fabrega, mayor of the town of Sant Pere de Torello, which symbolically declared independence from Spain in 2012. A banner reading  EUROPE HELP US  hung from an apartment block in Vic on Tuesday. But so far, despite international criticism of the crackdown, most comments from EU member states have been against secession. Rajoy raised the possibility of a negotiated settlement this week, though he ruled out independence and praised the police crackdown on the referendum. He called for  all-party  talks to find a solution, opening the door to a deal giving Catalonia more autonomy. In towns around Osona, an hour s drive north of Barcelona and with a population of over 150,000 people, the Spanish state is just where they have to send their taxes. Catalan authorities provide heath care, run their schools and police their streets.  When Rajoy appears on television, I don t see him as my (leader), he doesn t represent me,  said 58-year-old Elvira Ramisa in Sant Pere as her kitchen s radio blared out news on the referendum s aftermath. worldnews
independence bust catalan leader boxed angry baseip spain reuters catalunya leader charles puigdemont called european union mediate spain region future many catalan intensity police crackdown banned referendum may mean late compromise across catalunya separatist heartland song county politicians said police action using rubber bullets baton voters independence vote left little room independence camp anything short secession people completely disconnected spanish state said joan coma councilor popular unity candidacy cup small party outside influence puigdemont catalan government independence unilateral said coma police arrested last year released june charges inciting civil disobedience councilor osaka capital vic before sunday vote members puigdemont decay party said would ready accept greater fiscal political autonomy without full independence catalunya region language industrial tourism powerhouse accounts fifth spain economy but widespread anger crackdown referendum declared illegal madrid makes strategy politically risky given would unlikely sustain broad support independence supporters within puigdemont ruling coalition catalan parliament the catalan national assembly anc organized protests hundreds thousands secessionist past interpreted puigdemont push mediation essentially call eu recognition new catalan state it would eu offers mediate talks reach agreement i insist would include catalunya independence anc spokesman aria alpina said puigdemont tuesday evening said government would ask catalan parliament declare independence within hours tallying votes referendum said could soon weekend this would leave major option invoking constitution suspend catalan government bring regional elections this nuclear option could reigning unrest region secessionist invoking name late dictator francisco franco describing major tactics before franco death catalan language suppressed an eu spokesman declined say whether union would mediate although would unusual brussels take step within one bloc member states the eu executive voiced trust spanish prime minister marino major ability manage internal matter also called dialogue sides reminded madrid need respect citizens basic rights tens thousands people took streets catalunya tuesday protest sunday violent crackdown spanish police the referendum plunged spain worst constitutional crisis decades political test major conservative taken hard line stance issue outside catalunya standards mostly hold strong views independence drive spain king felipe vi rare intervention accused secessionist leaders tuesday shattering democratic principles dividing catalan society interviews five politicians song county patchwork farming towns reveal uncompromising mood sunday violence according catalan officials injured around people across region we lost fear said word canals councilor esquerra republican party town torello to go back impossible canals said entered politics decade ago separatist rallies attracted thousand people on sunday million people million registered voters managed vote percent backing independence according catalan government figures however unionists mostly boycotted referendum puigdemont used vague language open interpretation asked wanted achieve talks on monday said it would mediation must commitment institutional normally coma said sunday turnout greater informal ballot according catalan officials made referendum result binding cup mobilizing local assemblies begin process splitting spain the cup crucial survival separatist catalan government since enabled larger parties form coalition as condition forced artuk mas catalan leader puigdemont due lack progress toward independence since vote the independence tide began turn secessionist outraged decision spain constitutional court struck reform catalunya autonomy statute recognized nation gave catalan language primacy spanish the week million catalan took barcelona streets first mass demonstration protest slogan we nation we decide whenever trusted spanish state cheated us every agreement made broke said word fabrega mayor town sant were de torello symbolically declared independence spain a banner reading europe help us hung apartment block vic tuesday but far despite international criticism crackdown comments eu member states secession major raised possibility negotiated settlement week though ruled independence praised police crackdown referendum he called talks find solution opening door deal giving catalunya autonomy in towns around song hour drive north barcelona population people spanish state send taxes catalan authorities provide heath care run schools police streets when major appears television i see leader represent said lira raise sant were kitchen radio blamed news referendum aftermath worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Independence or bust: Catalan leader boxed in by his own angry baseVIC, Spain (Reuters) - Catalonia s pro-independence leader Carles Puigdemont has called for the European Union to mediate with Spain over the region s future, but for many Catalans the intensity of a police crackdown on a banned referendum may mean it is too late for compromise. Across Catalonia s separatist heartland of Osona county, politicians said police action, using rubber bullets and batons against voters in the independence vote, left little room in the independence camp for anything short of secession.  People here have completely disconnected from the Spanish state,  said Joan Coma, a councilor for the Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP), a small anti-capitalist party which has an outsized influence on Puigdemont s Catalan government.   Independence will be unilateral,  said Coma, who police arrested last year and released in June on charges of inciting civil disobedience and who is councilor in Osana s capital Vic. Before Sunday s vote, members of Puigdemont s PdeCat party said they would be ready to accept greater fiscal and political autonomy without full independence for Catalonia, a region with its own language and an industrial and tourism powerhouse that accounts for a fifth of Spain s economy. But widespread anger over the crackdown on the referendum, declared illegal by Madrid, now makes any such strategy politically risky, given it would be unlikely to sustain broad support from independence supporters and from within Puigdemont s own ruling coalition in the Catalan parliament. The pro-independence Catalan National Assembly (ANC), which has organized protests of hundreds of thousands of secessionists in the past, interpreted Puigdemont s push for mediation as essentially a call for EU recognition of a new Catalan state.  It would be the EU that offers to mediate talks to reach an agreement which, I insist, would include Catalonia s independence,  ANC spokesman Adria Alsina said. Puigdemont on Tuesday evening said his government would ask the separatist-controlled Catalan parliament to declare independence within 48 hours of tallying votes from the referendum, which he said could be as soon as this weekend. This would leave Rajoy with the option of invoking the constitution to suspend the Catalan government and to bring on regional elections. This so-called  nuclear option  could reignite unrest in a region where secessionists are invoking the name of late dictator Francisco Franco in describing Rajoy s tactics. Before Franco s death in 1975, the Catalan language was suppressed.  An EU spokesman declined to say whether the Union would mediate, although it would be unusual for Brussels to take such a step within one of the bloc s own member states. The EU executive voiced trust in Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy s ability to manage this  internal matter , but also called for dialogue between the sides and reminded Madrid of a need to respect citizens  basic rights.  Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Catalonia on Tuesday to protest against Sunday s violent crackdown by Spanish police. The referendum has plunged Spain into its worst constitutional crisis in decades, and is a political test for  Rajoy, a conservative who has taken a hard line stance on the issue. Outside of Catalonia, Spaniards mostly hold strong views against its independence drive. Spain s King Felipe VI, in a rare intervention, accused secessionist leaders on Tuesday of shattering democratic principles and dividing Catalan society. Interviews with five pro-independence politicians in Osona county, a patchwork of farming towns, reveal an uncompromising mood after Sunday s violence which, according to Catalan officials, injured around 900 people across the region.  We have lost our fear,  said Jordi Casals, a 39-year-old councilor for the center-left Esquerra Republicana party in the town of Torello.  To go back now is impossible.  Casals said that when he entered politics over a decade ago, separatist rallies attracted just a few thousand people. On Sunday, 2.26 million people out of 5.34 million registered voters managed to vote with about 90 percent backing independence, according to Catalan government figures. However, unionists mostly boycotted the referendum.  Puigdemont used vague language open to interpretation when asked what he wanted to achieve from EU-mediated talks. On Monday, he said:  It would be a mediation in which there must be a commitment to re-establish the institutional normalcy.  Coma said Sunday s turnout   greater than that of an informal ballot in 2014 according to Catalan officials   made the referendum result binding and the CUP was now mobilizing local assemblies to begin the process of splitting with Spain. The CUP is crucial to the survival of a separatist Catalan government since it enabled larger parties to form a pro-independence coalition in 2015. As a condition, it forced out Artur Mas as Catalan leader for Puigdemont due to the lack of progress toward independence since the 2014 vote. The independence tide began to turn in 2010 when secessionists were outraged by a decision of Spain s Constitutional Court, which struck down a reform to Catalonia s autonomy statute that had recognized it as a nation and gave the Catalan language primacy over Spanish. The week after, a million Catalans took to Barcelona s streets in the first pro-independence mass demonstration to protest under the slogan    We are a nation. We decide!   Whenever we have trusted the Spanish state, they have cheated us. Every agreement we made they broke,  said Jordi Fabrega, mayor of the town of Sant Pere de Torello, which symbolically declared independence from Spain in 2012. A banner reading  EUROPE HELP US  hung from an apartment block in Vic on Tuesday. But so far, despite international criticism of the crackdown, most comments from EU member states have been against secession. Rajoy raised the possibility of a negotiated settlement this week, though he ruled out independence and praised the police crackdown on the referendum. He called for  all-party  talks to find a solution, opening the door to a deal giving Catalonia more autonomy. In towns around Osona, an hour s drive north of Barcelona and with a population of over 150,000 people, the Spanish state is just where they have to send their taxes. Catalan authorities provide heath care, run their schools and police their streets.  When Rajoy appears on television, I don t see him as my (leader), he doesn t represent me,  said 58-year-old Elvira Ramisa in Sant Pere as her kitchen s radio blared out news on the referendum s aftermath. worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: independence bust catalan leader boxed angry baseip spain reuters catalunya leader charles puigdemont called european union mediate spain region future many catalan intensity police crackdown banned referendum may mean late compromise across catalunya separatist heartland song county politicians said police action using rubber bullets baton voters independence vote left little room independence camp anything short secession people completely disconnected spanish state said joan coma councilor popular unity candidacy cup small party outside influence puigdemont catalan government independence unilateral said coma police arrested last year released june charges inciting civil disobedience councilor osaka capital vic before sunday vote members puigdemont decay party said would ready accept greater fiscal political autonomy without full independence catalunya region language industrial tourism powerhouse accounts fifth spain economy but widespread anger crackdown referendum declared illegal madrid makes strategy politically risky given would unlikely sustain broad support independence supporters within puigdemont ruling coalition catalan parliament the catalan national assembly anc organized protests hundreds thousands secessionist past interpreted puigdemont push mediation essentially call eu recognition new catalan state it would eu offers mediate talks reach agreement i insist would include catalunya independence anc spokesman aria alpina said puigdemont tuesday evening said government would ask catalan parliament declare independence within hours tallying votes referendum said could soon weekend this would leave major option invoking constitution suspend catalan government bring regional elections this nuclear option could reigning unrest region secessionist invoking name late dictator francisco franco describing major tactics before franco death catalan language suppressed an eu spokesman declined say whether union would mediate although would unusual brussels take step within one bloc member states the eu executive voiced trust spanish prime minister marino major ability manage internal matter also called dialogue sides reminded madrid need respect citizens basic rights tens thousands people took streets catalunya tuesday protest sunday violent crackdown spanish police the referendum plunged spain worst constitutional crisis decades political test major conservative taken hard line stance issue outside catalunya standards mostly hold strong views independence drive spain king felipe vi rare intervention accused secessionist leaders tuesday shattering democratic principles dividing catalan society interviews five politicians song county patchwork farming towns reveal uncompromising mood sunday violence according catalan officials injured around people across region we lost fear said word canals councilor esquerra republican party town torello to go back impossible canals said entered politics decade ago separatist rallies attracted thousand people on sunday million people million registered voters managed vote percent backing independence according catalan government figures however unionists mostly boycotted referendum puigdemont used vague language open interpretation asked wanted achieve talks on monday said it would mediation must commitment institutional normally coma said sunday turnout greater informal ballot according catalan officials made referendum result binding cup mobilizing local assemblies begin process splitting spain the cup crucial survival separatist catalan government since enabled larger parties form coalition as condition forced artuk mas catalan leader puigdemont due lack progress toward independence since vote the independence tide began turn secessionist outraged decision spain constitutional court struck reform catalunya autonomy statute recognized nation gave catalan language primacy spanish the week million catalan took barcelona streets first mass demonstration protest slogan we nation we decide whenever trusted spanish state cheated us every agreement made broke said word fabrega mayor town sant were de torello symbolically declared independence spain a banner reading europe help us hung apartment block vic tuesday but far despite international criticism crackdown comments eu member states secession major raised possibility negotiated settlement week though ruled independence praised police crackdown referendum he called talks find solution opening door deal giving catalunya autonomy in towns around song hour drive north barcelona population people spanish state send taxes catalan authorities provide heath care run schools police streets when major appears television i see leader represent said lira raise sant were kitchen radio blamed news referendum aftermath worldnews