An Student shows sign saying, "November 9, we want to vote" as they protest Spain's constitutional court ruling stopping Catalonia from holding an independence referendum on October 7, 2014 in front of Palau de la Generalitat at Sant Jaume square in Barcelona . Catalan leaders last week set up the region's own "control commission" after the Spanish government moved to block the contested vote on independence for Catalonia , which it sees as a constitutional threat. AFP PHOTO / LLUIS GENE (Photo credit should read LLUIS GENE/AFP/Getty Images)