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BREAKING NEWS: Madrid imposes direct rule on Catalonia just 40 minutes [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^
| October 27, 2017
| Jake Wallis Simons and Iain Burns
Posted on 10/27/2017 7:32:19 AM PDT by C19fan
The Catalan Parliament has voted to declare independence from Spain, prompting the central government to impose direct rule just 40 minutes later. The motion was carried by 70 votes to 10, with two abstentions. But before the vote, opposition parties stormed out of parliament in protest - with pro-independence MPs draping their empty seats with Catalan flags. In response, the Spanish government in Madrid has invoked article 155 of the country's constitution, dismantling Catalonia's autonomy.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: spain
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Get the tanks ready to go.
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posted on
10/27/2017 7:32:19 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
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posted on
10/27/2017 7:34:05 AM PDT
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: C19fan
Kinda like the European Union in miniature.
To: C19fan
Fun. This should help the tourism and tax revenue.
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posted on
10/27/2017 7:37:53 AM PDT
by
Theoria
(I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
To: Gay State Conservative
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posted on
10/27/2017 7:38:21 AM PDT
by
House Atreides
(BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY.)
To: C19fan
Glad I went there in June and not this month.
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posted on
10/27/2017 7:39:56 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: C19fan
Better dead than red.
Godspeed to Catalonia!
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posted on
10/27/2017 7:39:56 AM PDT
by
MichaelCorleone
(Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
To: C19fan
Merkel, Juncker and Tusk are working the phones, telling Spain they had better NOT screw up their fascist EU project.
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posted on
10/27/2017 7:40:15 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: C19fan
Gosh, There might be good travel deals to Barcelona. Maybe I should cancel my vacation in North Korea?
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posted on
10/27/2017 7:40:46 AM PDT
by
outofsalt
( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything)
To: C19fan
To: outofsalt
Yes, but bring your own AK and C4. The Catalans are going to need them. sarc/
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posted on
10/27/2017 7:46:28 AM PDT
by
Truth29
To: C19fan
Years ago I lived in Spain and at the time the Spanish people in general always struck me as a lot of bluster and hand waving but when a fist flew they were stunned and unprepared. They are demonstrative but not violent. So now the lines are drawn will this really come to blows? Would Spanish soldiers really be willing to fire on other Spaniards? Or will this all end up in a conference room? Interesting times.
Another thought: back when I lived there it was the Basque region that was hot about separation. Do they take this opportunity to revise that and declare themselves independent?
To: C19fan
Yeh that’s not going to go over well. Civil war on the horizon.
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posted on
10/27/2017 7:56:00 AM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: Snickering Hound
Bring out the Comfy Chair!
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posted on
10/27/2017 8:00:08 AM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
To: C19fan
La Legion (Spanish Legion) has been bored.
Also the Guardia Civil.
They get some excitement now.
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posted on
10/27/2017 8:08:48 AM PDT
by
buwaya
To: MichaelCorleone
Hasnt Catalonia had off and on separatist movement from Spain since there was a Spain? Dont think this is really a modern event but a continuing saga with current events composing the latest chapter. Correct me if this is not accurate.
To: MichaelCorleone
The silence by the E.U. is telling. Notice how they support the Palestinian State but when its their slaves .. err tax payers revolting - crush them.
E.U is a police state - Brexit was a break out.
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posted on
10/27/2017 8:11:28 AM PDT
by
datricker
(Cut Taxes Repeal ACA Deport DACA - Americans First, Build the Wall, Lock her up MAGA!)
To: C19fan
The Spanish government can brush off a history book and read how the British Parliament reacted to the Boston Tea Party. Maybe they can close the port of Barcelona until the Catalans come to their senses.
To: Hootowl99
Didn’t the shooting for WWII start in Spain?
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posted on
10/27/2017 8:18:01 AM PDT
by
DaveArk
To: Verginius Rufus
The Spanish government can brush off a history book and read how the British Parliament reacted to the Boston Tea Party. Maybe they can close the port of Barcelona until the Catalans come to their senses.Barcelona IS the Spanish economy. It's actually the 4th largest city economy in the EU.
And that's the problem, they're carrying the rest of the country and Madrid gets the fancy upgrades.
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