70% of Catalans would like to see the establishment of a Catalan state, according to the latest opinion poll by the Catalan Government's Centre for Opinion Studies. When asked about their preferred status for Catalonia in a 4-option question, 48.5% say they wish independence, while 21.3% choose a Catalan state within a Spanish federation. 18.6% (lowest figure ever detected) say they are happy with the current status of Catalonia as one of 17 autonomous communities in Spain. Finally, those who would go for less self-government amount to 5.4%.

When a 2-option, "yes-no" question is formulated (what people would vote if a referendum on independence was held), it emerges that 54.7% say they would support secession, while 22.1% would reject it. A further 15.7% would abstain, while 8% say the do not know what to do or else do not answer the question.

Be it through an independent state or not, the poll also finds that a large majority of Catalans support the collection and management by the Catalan Government of taxes paid in Catalonia: 77.7% say they agree with this (53.1% fully agree, 24.6% mostly agree).

Catalan identity stronger than Spanish identity

The opinion poll also includes a question on people's identities. Respondents are asked to place themselves on a Catalan-Spanish axe, and their questions go as follows: 31.3% say they are "only Catalan", 26.6% "more Catalan than Spanish", 33.3% "as Catalan as Spanish", 2.1% "more Spanish than Catalan" and finally 4.4% "only Spanish".