The day came. Today, September 11, 2025, the Diada de Cataluña is celebrated, a day in which this Autonomous Community celebrates and commemorates its identity, its culture and its entire history. As every year, the streets are filled with institutional acts, floral offerings, concerts and demonstrations, which is the main demonstration of the pride in the entire region. Taking a look at the calendar, You have to go until September 11, 1714, where the Catalan forces faced the Bourbon troops when the Spanish Succession War was being disputed.
This event full of symbolisms and feelings too can generate debates in societysince it is a day in which only something Catalan is celebrated, unfortunately also related to the citizenship to posture policies related to the division. For example, one of the most representative cases in this regard was that of The assistance to the Diada by the former FC Barcelona soccer player, Gerard Piqué.
“They tell me Colona because I’m in Madrid”
The one who was one of the titular defenses of the glorious World Cup that won the Spanish team in 2010 received several criticisms in its networks for going to La Diada in 2014. During that day, Piqué uploaded Juna photo with his son in the demonstration and, based on the answers he received, he made the following statements a few days later: “I don’t understand why people bothered (for attending the demonstration). I went to the Diada because I am Catalan. I went with my people to enjoy an important day for the festive atmosphere”.
Another of the most representative faces of Catalonia is The prestigious actress Loles León,who was born in Barcelona. During the beginnings of his artistic career, which currently fulfills the role of María del Carmen Carrascosa ‘Menchu’ in the series ‘The one that is coming’ was forced to leave her land to find new challenges. During an interview for RAC1, he declared that “I had no opportunities. That came out of linguistic normalization and then it was very difficult. I started being Charnega, then Botiflera and now they tell me Colona because I am there in Madrid”.
“The Diada has not been invented by Jordi Pujol”
During the 2014 Diada, Loles León made statements about this party during a television program. He was immersed in a debate with the journalist Curri Valenzuela, who contributed the following statements about what was going to happen that September 11: “Many people are going to go out to the streets. The independentistas say that it is the final day because they believe that after this there will be this illegal referendum that they want to convene on November 9 and that they will win and they will become independent. This was already a lot to assume before, but now it is more because the theft of Jordi Pujol and his entire family has been discovered, he has been lowered a lot”.
The counterpart were the words of Loles León, who did not agree with Valenzuela’s thought. “I do not agree. It is a family that has done this, it is not all of Catalonia. Catalonia is much more than this. They are not the kings of Catalonia.”he said. In turn, he defended that most likely all Catalans would go out to the streets and that “The Diada has not been invented by Jordi Pujol”.
“The time has come to go outside”
Carmen Delgado also joined this talk expressing that various security problems could arise during that day based on the ‘Mazazo Pujol’. After that, the actress could not contain himself and exclaimed that “Well, you think like that, because very well, but I don’t have to think like you, right? Well, that’s it!”.
Hours before the 2014 Diada was held, The Catalan actress offeredfrom his point of view, as this event was going to be. “I think it will be massive. It was already last year and the other, since they manifest for what they want to be. The time has come to go outside. The honesty of the Catalans is there, on September 11”.