On the eve of the fourth anniversary of the Independence Referendum, Parliament approved a motion in defence of the negotiating table with the State as the best way to resolve the political conflict between Catalonia and Spain. The resolution was approved with the votes of the ERC, the PSC and En Comú and with the abstention of JxCat. This coincidence in time may be disappointing for some, but in any case it is consistent with everything that has happened in the last four years. Although with some nuances, the majority of pro-independence supporters has gone from considering the 1 October 2017 vote as a binding referendum that justified a Unilateral Declaration of Independence, to, in the words of Jordi Cuixart during the Independence bid trial, defining it as "an act of mass disobedience". This act of mass disobedience involving more than two million people has surely been the most disruptive political act of the last few decades in the Spanish state and perhaps in Europe. Four years later, however, it is clear that, despite the brutal media, political and emotional impact it had, the Referendum did not meet the necessary standards to achieve international recognition and, therefore, cannot be used to justify any democratic mandate that is externally recognised.