2010 Catalan autonomy protest

2010 Catalan autonomy protest
The protest in Barcelona at the intersection of Passeig de Gràcia and Carrer d'Aragó.
Date	10 July 2010
Location	Barcelona, Catalonia 41°23′07″N 2°10′36″E / 41.3854°N 2.1767°E / 41.3854; 2.1767
Methods	Protest march, street protest

The 2010 Catalan autonomy protest was a demonstration in central Barcelona on 10 July 2010 against limitations of the autonomy of Catalonia, and particularly against a recent decision of the Spanish Constitutional Court to annul or reinterpret several articles of the 2006 Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia.^[1] The number of people taking part in the demonstration was estimated at between 1.1 million (according to the local police) and 1.5 million (according to the organisers),^[2][3] while Madrid-based newspaper El País estimated the number of demonstrators at 425,000.^[4] The mobilisation was described as "unprecedented" by the mayor of Barcelona.^[5] The Barcelona daily newspaper El Periódico de Catalunya described it as "without a doubt one of the biggest protest marches that has ever occurred in Catalonia, possibly the biggest".^[2] It is thought^{[by whom?]} that the 2012 Catalan independence demonstration involved more people, but this protest brought the dispute to light in the world. ^{[citation needed]}

The demonstration was led by a banner with the slogan in Catalan Som una nació. Nosaltres decidim. (English: 'We are a nation. We decide.') ^{[citation needed]}