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Tag Archives: secession
Jul 24 2014
The Spanish government has to engage constructively with a rising Catalan secessionist movement
4 CommentsBy Diego Muro and Martijn Vlaskamp The Catalan secessionist movement may fail in bringing about the political independence of Catalonia, but it has already succeeded at one thing: getting their supporters’ hopes up. Within the pro-independence campaign there are many … Continue reading
Posted by: July 24, 2014
Tagged with: Catalan Independence, catalan language, Catalonia, constitutional reform, Corruption, secession, Spanish constitution
Mar 11 2014
Catalan Separatism, a European Problem
36 CommentsBy Marcus Pučnik Both Catalonia and Scotland are looking towards a referendum on independence later this year, Scotland on September 18 and Catalonia on November 9. If independent, they both would like to join the European Union, yet the official … Continue reading
Posted by: March 11, 2014
Tagged with: Catalan Independence, catalan language, Catalonia, EU, minorities, Scotland, secession
Dec 6 2013
On the “right to decide”
18 CommentsBy Sonia Sierra and Jose Javier Olivas As we have seen with regard to other dimensions of the Euro Crisis, the discussion about the Catalan independence in Spain has also brought to the fore an interesting struggle over the framing … Continue reading
Posted by: December 6, 2013
Tagged with: Catalan Independence, dret a decidir, Referendum, right of self-determination, Right to decide, secession, Spanish constitution