SPAIN-CATALONIA-POLITICS-REFERENDUM

Protesters hols Spanish flags during a demonstration called by "Societat Civil Catalana" (Catalan Civil Society) to support the unity of Spain on October 8, 2017 in Barcelona. Ten of thousands of flag-waving demonstrators packed central Barcelona to rally against plans by separatist leaders to declare Catalonia independent following a banned secession referendum. Catalans calling themselves a "silent majority" opposed to leaving Spain broke their silence after a week of mounting anxiety over the country's worst political crisis in a generation. / AFP PHOTO / JORGE GUERRERO (Photo credit should read JORGE GUERRERO/AFP via Getty Images)