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The Parliament, meeting in Plenary session on 23 January 2013, has discussed the text of the motion for a resolution of declaration of sovereignty of the Catalan people (proc. 250-00058/10) presented by the Mixed Group (reg. 856), and the amendments tabled by the Parliamentary Group of the Partit Popular de Catalunya (reg. 1010); of the motion for a resolution of declaration on the sovereignty and the right to decide of the people of Catalonia (proc. 250-00059/10), presented by the Parliamentary Group of Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds – Esquerra Unida i Alternativa (reg. 857), and the amendments tabled by the Parliamentary Group of the Partit Popular de Catalunya (reg. 1010) and by the Parliamentary Group of Convergència i Unió, the Parliamentary Group of Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya and the Parliamentary Group of Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds – Esquerra Unida i Alternativa (reg. 1011); of the motion for a resolution adopting the declaration of sovereignty and of the right to decide of the people of Catalonia (proc. 250-00060/10), presented by the Parliamentary Group of Convergència i Unió and by the Parliamentary Group of Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (reg. 858), and the amendments tabled by the Parliamentary Group of the Partit Popular de Catalunya (reg. 1010), by the Parliamentary Group of Convergència i Unió, the Parliamentary Group of Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya and the Parliamentary Group of Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds – Esquerra Unida i Alternativa (reg. 1011) and by the Socialist Parliamentary Group (reg. 1012), and the motion for a resolution on the right to decide and the constitutional reform (proc. 250-00062/10), presented by the Socialist Parliamentary Group (reg. 856), and the amendments tabled by the Parliamentary Group of the Partit Popular de Catalunya (reg. 1010).

Finally, in accordance with Article 146 of the Rules of Procedure, the Parliament has adopted the following

Preamble

The people of Catalonia, throughout its history, has democratically expressed its commitment to self-government, in order to strive for more progress, welfare and equal opportunities for all its citizens, and to reinforce its own culture and its own collective identity.

Catalonia's self-government is also based on the historical rights of the Catalan people, on its centuries-old institutions and on the Catalan legal tradition. Catalan parliamentarism has its origin in the Middle Ages, with the Assemblies of Peace and Truce (assemblees de Pau i Treva) and the Count's Court (Cort Comtal).

The 14th century saw the creation of the Diputació del General or Generalitat, which progressively gained more autonomy and eventually developed into the government of the Principality of Catalonia during the 16th and 17th centuries. The fall of Barcelona in