People vote during an informal "referendum" at a polling station in El Eixample centre of Barcelona
People vote during an informal "referendum" at a polling station in El Eixample centre of Barcelona April 10, 2011. More than 700,000 people in 170 towns and villages across Catalonia will be allowed to participate in the "referendum", which will ask citizens whether Catalonia should become an independent state within the European Union. REUTERS/Gustau Nacarino(SPAIN - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS)