Two hospitality entrepreneurs from Siurana (Tarragona) announced on Tuesday that they will refuse to pay taxes to Spanish Revenue. "We want to make it very clear that we are not criminals."
 
"It is justice. We are not doing anything illegal. The Catalan Government and the Spanish State should come to an agreement to stop fiscal exploitation in Catalonia", said Andreu Bartolomé, one of the men. The restaurateur and his wife,   Maria Casademunt want to be the spearheads of a movement, 'Diem Prou' (enough is enough). They have sympathy from the ERC and Solidaritat per la Independencia, and have the backing of various sovereignty movement groups. They are urging Catalans to pay their taxes to the non-existent Catalan Tax Agency.

With their initiative, which they believe is an act of civil disobedience that is legitimate under international law, they aim to end to "Spain's oppressive treatment of Catalonia, which is becoming  a rich country off the back of our misery".

The spokesman for the Generalitat, Francesc Homs,   said on Tuesday that the Catalan Government "understands their actions", which are the result of "creeping social unrest due to the fiscal abuse we suffer in Catalonia thanks to Spain". However, Homs also declared that "from a legal point of view", the Catalan Government "cannot endorse" the fiscal disobedience, an option that CiU senior leaders, such as Oriol Pujol, have already said that they would support if the government said no to the economic agreement.