That the Parliament welcomes the results of the Catalan elections which took place on 14 February 2021 with support for pro-independence parties surpassing 50% for the first time; understands that these parties retained a majority in the 135-seat chamber with a total of 74 members in favour of a Catalan republic, four more following the elections that took place in 2017; believes that the recent election arose as a result of the former Catalan President, Quim Torra, being convicted of disobedience in the High Court of Justice in Barcelona and banned from public office by the Supreme Court in Madrid; notes that this charge was brought forward by Spain’s Electoral Board when they ordered him to remove a banner that stated “Freedom for political prisoners and exiles” and yellow ribbons that expressed solidarity with the imprisoned Catalan political leaders who were charged following the Catalan referendum in 2017, and believes that support for Catalan independence is growing and that its people should have the right to determine and exercise their own future.