“If we get a majority in parliament and in total votes, there will be no way back,” said 30-year-old Sergi, an industrial designer from Girona present at the rally. “We pay the same taxes as elsewhere in Spain and have more expensive universities and worse infrastructure. I have to pay €14 (£10) today in tolls to drive from Girona and back when you can cross the whole of Andalucia for free”.