Barcelona 1. Various of Artur Mas, President of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia, arriving at news conference 2. SOUNDBITE (Catalan) Artur Mas, President of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia: "I have tried, during several weeks, to make people understand that in order to pursue this process that Catalonia is undergoing we needed a very strong government to lead. And for that I asked for an outstanding majority. An outstanding majority for an outstanding process. One that required outstanding decisions, like calling for new elections. It is evident that we haven't achieved that outstanding majority." 3. Wide of conference 4. SOUNDBITE (Catalan) Artur Mas, President of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia: "All those making euphoric analysis of these results, who think that the process we started must be now aborted, should start counting. They must know how to add and subtract. By adding and subtracting one can only conclude that the sum of the political forces that are in favour of the right to decide, which was the great compromise behind these elections, is already there. The right to freely decide our future." 5. Mid of Mas being cheered by supporters, many waving Catalan flags 6. Various of Mas welcoming his supporters from a balcony at his campaign headquarters, Catalan flags being waved in foreground 7. Mid of supporters draped in Catalan flags 8. SOUNDBITE (Catalan) voxpop: Maria Gomis, Local resident: "I thought that the socialists would lose votes. Because I think federalism will lead us nowhere. And I hope Esquerra (Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya party), as the second political force, will be able to make a pact with CiU (Mas' Convergence and Union party) so all can start this process towards independence together." 9. Mid of supporters and media at the event 10 Mid of Toni Font at the event 11. SOUNDBITE (Catalan) voxpop: Toni Font, Local resident: "I was expecting this result because I think this wasn't the right time for new elections. The country has many problems and all this involved a lot of money paid by us tax payers. A result like this one was likely." 12. Wide shot of Artur Mas welcoming supporters from the balcony of his campaign headquarters Madrid 13. Wide of Maria Dolores de Cospedal, Secretary General of the Popular Party, walks into news conference 14. Mid of Cospedal talking to journalists 15. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Maria Dolores de Cospedal, Secretary General of the Popular Party: "CiU (Mas' Convergence and Union party) has lost 12 seats. This means that they are in a worse situation, in the sense of seats and popular support, than they had been in before these elections. (These elections) Were not necessary for anybody because not even half of the legislature had been taken. Therefore the objective for Artur Mas, for this election, has been a failure." 16. Mid of journalist typing on laptop 17. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Maria Dolores de Cospedal, Secretary General of the Popular Party: "The situation for those that want Catalonia outside of Spain has worsened, it has worsened." 18. Wide of news conference STORYLINE Voters in the economically powerful region of Catalonia on Sunday punished the leader who made a referendum over breaking away from Spain a central plank of his campaign, seeing his party's majority reduced by a dozen seats. Regional president Artur Mas called the early election as part of a power struggle with Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy regarding the size of Catalonia's contribution to national coffers. What began as a quarrel over money turned into a test of Spain's territorial integrity. Instead, voters have left him 18 votes short and in need to make a coalition to guarantee staying in power. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/925b6d60b1f1258fbb5a7a6e96048674 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

• published: 31 Jul 2015
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