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Deleted User 26513
Profile Joined February 2007
2376 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-10-02 00:04:24
October 01 2017 23:45 GMT
#19101
Spain is not Ukraine and is surrounded by alies. The Civil war scenario is highly unlikely. I don't think that the catalan government is insane enough to go into open rebellion against a NATO country and I don't think that devastating war is their goal at all.

Both sides will have to sit down and negotiate an exit from the situation... If they don't want to, they will be forced internationally. The police brutality just made the spanish position for the negotiations a lot weaker.
Godwrath
Profile Joined August 2012
Spain10165 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-10-02 00:17:23
October 02 2017 00:12 GMT
#19102
Yeah, a lot of people here are just magnifying what is going on with the civil war stupidity. I guess that's what happens when you look at something from the outside, see 300 wounded with no dead but you still let your megalomaniac turdself think there is a civil war in the works. By the way the 90% results, if you use your brain you should be able to understand that result, and not take it as literally the population of catalonia voted for a 90% independence, when one year ago they actually lost that vote.

Mariano Rajoy response was totally speaking to its base, but to be honest everyone is just shouting for their bases. That's only what matters in this, how much political gain you will get from the shitshow and make people forget about PPs or CIUs corruption cases. Meanwhile both populations get used like the retards they are.
Espers
Profile Joined August 2009
United Kingdom606 Posts
October 02 2017 00:46 GMT
#19103
nothing will happen. Spain will say "no". riots/protests ensue. Spain doesn't back down. everything goes back to normal except the people of Catalonia hate the Spanish government even more.
Liquid`Drone
Profile Joined September 2002
Norway28892 Posts
October 02 2017 00:56 GMT
#19104
yeah I mean, it makes total sense that only the people who wanted independence show up for a vote that isn't considered a legitimate referendum by the parties who don't want to grant independence. So while there's no reason to disbelieve that 90% of the people voting voted for independence, that's pretty much totally meaningless in trying to establish the actual percentage of people favoring it.
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PobTheCad
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
Australia893 Posts
October 02 2017 01:48 GMT
#19105
Another nail in the coffin of the broken EU project.
Once again back is the incredible!
LegalLord
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
United States13779 Posts
October 02 2017 01:51 GMT
#19106
On October 02 2017 10:48 PobTheCad wrote:
Another nail in the coffin of the broken EU project.

Much as I wish I could agree with this it's more like a drop in the bucket that will make things slightly more annoying.
History will sooner or later sweep the European Union away without mercy.
Nyxisto
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany6287 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-10-02 02:20:17
October 02 2017 01:54 GMT
#19107
On October 02 2017 10:48 PobTheCad wrote:
Another nail in the coffin of the broken EU project.


I don't understand what the EU has to do with this. This is a Spanish matter, the EU has no clear position to take here and the secessionist movement does not seem to be opposed to the EU.

The idea of Europe that at the same time has strong vertical integration (military, fiscal budget), weaker nation states, but stronger regional autonomy ("city state model" / "Europe of regions") has actually been around for a while. You could actually say that dissolution of the nation state and replacing it with strong but limited governance at the top, and broad participation at the bottom is pretty much the 'European utopia'
LegalLord
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
United States13779 Posts
October 02 2017 02:34 GMT
#19108
It would be another interesting test of the idea of the EU as a common master to make local squabbles less relevant, similar to England and Ireland/Scotland. But it would be small enough to be a drop in the bucket in the grand scheme of things.
History will sooner or later sweep the European Union away without mercy.
LegalLord
Profile Blog Joined April 2013
United States13779 Posts
October 02 2017 05:57 GMT
#19109
Large ammo store in Ukraine had a bad case of the explosion. Estimated 32000 tons of munitions went boom. metro.co.uk has the story.
History will sooner or later sweep the European Union away without mercy.
Acrofales
Profile Joined August 2010
Spain18438 Posts
October 02 2017 06:00 GMT
#19110
On October 02 2017 10:48 PobTheCad wrote:
Another nail in the coffin of the broken EU project.

Except staying in the EU as an independent nation is the majority opinion amongst Catalan independentists (insofar as that can be polled accurately). Regardless of how realistic that option is, it's what they want, because EU is overwhelmingly seen as a good thing in Spain. Catalan independence is purely an internal matter in that sense.
PobTheCad
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
Australia893 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-10-02 08:03:48
October 02 2017 07:59 GMT
#19111
On October 02 2017 10:54 Nyxisto wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 02 2017 10:48 PobTheCad wrote:
Another nail in the coffin of the broken EU project.


I don't understand what the EU has to do with this. This is a Spanish matter, the EU has no clear position to take here and the secessionist movement does not seem to be opposed to the EU.

The idea of Europe that at the same time has strong vertical integration (military, fiscal budget), weaker nation states, but stronger regional autonomy ("city state model" / "Europe of regions") has actually been around for a while. You could actually say that dissolution of the nation state and replacing it with strong but limited governance at the top, and broad participation at the bottom is pretty much the 'European utopia'

The far left rag The Independent thinks that it's bigger than Brexit - www.independent.co.uk/voices/catalonia-catalan-referendum-spain-eu-economic-powerhouse-brexit-european-union-a7975766.html?amp

Consider this : Spain has a weak banking system.Catalonia seceeds and refuses to take on it's share of the debts.The economically strongest region.What happens to Spanish bonds and Spanish bank shares? Bank runs are a real chance.
Once again back is the incredible!
Furikawari
Profile Joined February 2014
France2522 Posts
October 02 2017 08:08 GMT
#19112
The only things that matters here is the stupidity of the spanish government... Sending police against voters, wth (even if the vote was illegal in the first place)? They just had to let them do and say afterwards it was illegal in the first place. Democracy sending police against voters is always a GREAT message sent. It was a lose-lose situation for the spanish government but they chose the worst path.
Velr
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Switzerland10950 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-10-02 09:33:18
October 02 2017 09:29 GMT
#19113
Full on secession, for a long time, wasn't even what most catalans demanded?
Iirc giving Catalonia the same rights as the Basques now have, at latest when the Basques got them, would have solved most of this some time ago?
But well, stupid Catalans tought that bombing would not be the one true way to get some more independence/rights from spain...
Now its just a giant shitshow and i don't see how this can end good for Spain.

It is lose/lose for the spanish goverment because it is against any actual solution.
SoSexy
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Italy3725 Posts
October 02 2017 10:09 GMT
#19114
Once again, the French attacker was already questioned by the police for other crimes and released 24 hours before the attack.
Dating thread on TL LUL
Godwrath
Profile Joined August 2012
Spain10165 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-10-02 10:55:42
October 02 2017 10:32 GMT
#19115
Mas attempted to renegotiate the fiscal policy in 2012. Rajoy ignored him completely while giving him indirectly the finger with the budgets, corp tax etc, and Mas went on in full independence crusade. It could had been avoided for the time being, but since it has been used to energize the electorate and to use that as leverage on negotiations, sooner or later we would get here anyways if there weren't big changes.

And that's why i think the PP isn't really losing with this. Their electorate is happier than ever, corruption is not talked anymore, and they had been for years doing this because they know Catalan independentism isn't going away, the only thing.that can go away in the long run is their status as economical horse of the state, and make Madrid be that one. They had put in place plenty of laws which would portray or make Madrid as the biggest contributor to redistribution, but in reality they are just cooking the books. Atleast short-term.
pmh
Profile Joined March 2016
1416 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-10-02 15:41:23
October 02 2017 15:39 GMT
#19116
On October 02 2017 10:51 LegalLord wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 02 2017 10:48 PobTheCad wrote:
Another nail in the coffin of the broken EU project.

Much as I wish I could agree with this it's more like a drop in the bucket that will make things slightly more annoying.



I don't know,this is pretty bad imo. How can eu unite when countrys itself cant keep them from falling apart (well not yet but I don't see how this is encouraging in any way,i think its more then a drop. its a symptom of something deeper)
Velr
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Switzerland10950 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-10-02 17:26:33
October 02 2017 17:24 GMT
#19117
For most countries that have these issues these are old issues, some just got fired up again while others went to rest (for now).
Imho its more important to feel european than to feel spanish/british/whatever and atm i don't see a long standing strong independence movement that is anti Eu?
Deleted User 26513
Profile Joined February 2007
2376 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-10-02 17:34:58
October 02 2017 17:34 GMT
#19118
On October 03 2017 00:39 pmh wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 02 2017 10:51 LegalLord wrote:
On October 02 2017 10:48 PobTheCad wrote:
Another nail in the coffin of the broken EU project.

Much as I wish I could agree with this it's more like a drop in the bucket that will make things slightly more annoying.



I don't know,this is pretty bad imo. How can eu unite when countrys itself cant keep them from falling apart (well not yet but I don't see how this is encouraging in any way,i think its more then a drop. its a symptom of something deeper)

Symptom of what exactly ? Some guys think that they have the right to take some teritory and to create their own country. The state that owns the teritory disagrees and conflict happens. Pretty simple.
And what do you mean by saying "How can eu unite" ? It's pretty united even right now.

Also let me remind you that Europe was in constant war for the past 5k+ years. We have war on the continent even right now. In every country there are groups of people that are not exactly happy with the current political map. Some of them decided to take action, but I can't see how that is related to the EU and it's unity.
Sent.
Profile Joined June 2012
Poland9331 Posts
October 02 2017 18:09 GMT
#19119
On October 03 2017 02:24 Velr wrote:
For most countries that have these issues these are old issues, some just got fired up again while others went to rest (for now).
Imho its more important to feel european than to feel spanish/british/whatever and atm i don't see a long standing strong independence movement that is anti Eu?


Let's see
(Non-Europeans don't vote please)

Poll: What feels more important?

Being European (20)
 
69%

Being [your nationality] (9)
 
31%

29 total votes

Your vote: What feels more important?

(Vote): Being European
(Vote): Being [your nationality]



Obviously you can be both, but I'm curious which is more important to you guys.
You're now breathing manually
RvB
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Netherlands6316 Posts
Last Edited: 2017-10-02 18:13:17
October 02 2017 18:12 GMT
#19120
Neither but if I had to pick I'd pick being European. I'm not a fan of nationalism at all.
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