Figures of Catalonian traditional Christmas crib called “caganer” (the defecator) of a human ballot box with a positive vote despicting in the act of defecation, released in Torroella de Mongri town, Catalonian region, northern Spain, 04 November 2014. The “caganer” is a traditional figure of the Caralonian nativity scenes for at least two centuries. This year, the referendum for independence that was scheduled for next 09 November, Real Madrid as Champions League winner and Torrente character will be “caganers”. (Photo by Robin Townsend/EPA)

A hot air balloon decorated in the colours of the Catalan separatist flag, the Estelada, flies over the city of Vic, near Barcelona, during the XXXI International Mercat del Ram Balloon Trophy April 11, 201. (Photo by Albert Gea/Reuters)

People hold placards to form a giant Estelada, or Catalan separatist flag, in front of the Sant Feliu del Llobregat townhall, near Barcelona February 16, 2014. (Photo by Albert Gea/Reuters)

People hold placards to form a giant Estelada, the Catalan separatist flag, in front of the Sant Feliu del Llobregat townhall, near Barcelona February 16, 2014. (Photo by Albert Gea/Reuters)

People inflate a hot air balloon with a design of the Estelada, the Catalan separatist flag, during the European Ballon Festival in Igualada July 11, 2014. (Photo by Albert Gea/Reuters)

A man with his face painted in the colours of the “Estelada”, or Catalan separatist flag, takes part in a Catalan pro-independence demonstration in Barcelona October 19, 2014. (Photo by Albert Gea/Reuters)

Young students walk past a bus decorated in the colours of the Catalan separatist flag, the Estelada, to collect signatures in favour of the right to hold a referendum in Vic, near Barcelona, April 11, 2014. (Photo by Albert Gea/Reuters)

Pins are displayed in a pro Catalan independence merchandising stall in Motesquiu, April 13, 2014. (Photo by Albert Gea/Reuters)

A pro-independence protester sits in front of Catalonia's regional parliament as lawmakers vote inside, in Barcelona, January 16, 2014. (Photo by Albert Gea/Reuters)

A Catalan separatist flag, known as Estelada, flutters on the top of the medieval bridge in the old city of Besalu, near Girona, April 5, 2014. (Photo by Gustau Nacarino/Reuters)

Spanish unionists shout slogans and hold a Spanish flag during a protest in Madrid against the symbolic independence vote in Catalonia November 9, 2014. Secessionist-minded politicians helped by cultural organisations and thousands of volunteers organised a symbolic independence vote in the autonomous community of Catalonia after Spain's High Court issued an injunction preventing a formal but non-binding referendum. (Photo by Andrea Comas/Reuters)