Posted on 09/13/2016 11:04:07 PM PDT by aquila48
Thousands of Spain separatists rallied across Catalonia on Sunday to show their support for a break away from Spain, which would leave the country without one of its richest states. Barcelona police estimated on their Twitter account that about 540,000 people attended the rally in support of a legally-binding referendum that would achieve an independent Catalonia. Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont said that he plans to propose a government-approved binding independence referendum to secede from Spain by next year. Spain, which opposes secession, argues that an independent Catalonia would be ejected from the European Union and left out from using the euro currency.
Catalonia held a non-binding vote in 2014, when around 1.6 million people voted in favor of independence. Most of the region's 5.4 million eligible voters didn't participate after Spain's Constitutional Court ordered the suspension of the ballot. In June, a Catalan judge recommended former regional president Artur Mas stand trial for staging the vote and ignoring the suspension. Mas claims the vote was carried out by volunteers. Catalan National Day has long been used to mobilize the masses in support of secession from Spain.
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Breaking away?
That’s not how it works in Obamaland.
Are they for Personal Liberty or nought? 2nd Amendment?
They can withdraw from their nation-state? That’s not allowed in the USA.
They are better off than the rest, but net payments go to Catalonia these days, the situation has flipped.
Leftists. No personal guns.
It’s a pretty liberal part of Spain. Many of the protesters are leftists.
Remains to be seen.
Catalonia hasnt been independent since the year 1150, when it joined with the Kingdom of Aragon.
There was never in the modern era a previous condition of independence. An interesting case.
Texas, and the US Confederacy, have had more independence than Catalonia.
They could easily move to Cuber - close to common language... commie paradise....
Who Says?
Catalonia was the heart of the communist side of the Spanish civil war and even long preceding that has always had an uneasy relationship with the rest of Spain.
Catalonia-Baracelona was one of the last areas held by the Communist forces in forces as the nationalists slowly forced than out towards France in the Spanish civil war of 1936-1938.
So, it sort of carries the MA-VT-NH-Ithaca “ultra blue state” attitude towards socialism that some invert and see in the MS-AL-GA-SC redneck south. (”We were beat by y’all but we really don’t believe it” type of stereotype.)
But Catalonia does allow/use their own language; and, like their fellow northerners across Spain around Ferrol on the northwest coast, might try a Scotland and exit.
Scotland might make it on their own. Catalonia? I don’t think so.
Ah, so they are are not Hispanics.....
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