The_Rev Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 To send a message to the government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted September 11, 2017 Author Share Posted September 11, 2017 Looks like it will either happen or be violently suppressed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 been watching it on twitter over the last few weeks if they want it, bring it on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 1 minute ago, chrisp65 said: been watching it on twitter over the last few weeks if they want it, bring it on Is that the official Spanish government position? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 10 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: Is that the official Spanish government position? I believe my views may be somewhat at odds with the imperialist spanish junta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnkarl Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Does Catalonia still produce 20% of Spain's GDP? Surely them leaving would set the Spanish economy back decades. It'd be a bit like if Hamburg or Bayern left Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 A better comparison would be Nordrhein-Westfalen with 21,3% of GDP but yes Catalonias GDP fluctuates around 20% of Spain's total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 Or London's 22% of the UK economy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted September 13, 2017 Moderator Share Posted September 13, 2017 Never happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted September 14, 2017 Author Share Posted September 14, 2017 10 hours ago, TrentVilla said: Never happening. ITK? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 Spanish government close down referendum website, Catalan authorities set up a new one. Spanish police raid printers across the region looking for anyone printing ballot papers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 59 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Spanish government close down referendum website, Catalan authorities set up a new one. Spanish police raid printers across the region looking for anyone printing ballot papers. Not worried then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Spain's little problem. Basque people marching through Bilbao, in solidarity with the Catalan's right to vote for independence... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Spain really hasn't handled this very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 2 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: Spain really hasn't handled this very well. If the Chinese did what the Spanish central government are doing, can you imagine the posturing. Astonishingly clumsy, given that it's all really about the cash they contribute vs receive or at least that's the seed for the latest independence effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnkarl Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 To be fair to the Basques and Catalans there's few places I can think of in Europe where people have such a strong sense of independence. Maybe Sami people in Norway or the French part of Belgium? When Yugoslavia broke up I sort of thought that was it. If the Catalans want independence and the Basque people supports it while the Spanish government refuses I can see this turning into a mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 I think they might actually get a vote out of this. They can't get near the schools to shut them. Does our Brexit bill get smaller as the EU gets smaller and more fragmented, we should ask that smug word removed Barnier at some point. I find it all both interesting and amusing all at once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 (edited) Hhmmm, lot's of footage of the police getting nasty, smashing their way in to schools and beating people with sticks. Firing rubber bullets in to crowds too, now. Way to win the hearts and minds. Obviously the EU will be all over this, protecting democracy and citizens. Edited October 1, 2017 by chrisp65 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted October 1, 2017 Moderator Share Posted October 1, 2017 From what I’m seeing today, the current answer to both is no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted October 1, 2017 Moderator Share Posted October 1, 2017 14 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: Spain really hasn't handled this very well. It's possible President Trump might have handled this better 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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