Catalan government proposes suspending effect of independence declaration
Source: The Guardian
Catalan president Carles Puigdemont has proposed further dialogue in order to work toward independence.
He says:
I want to follow peoples will for Catalonia to become an independent state.
The parliament erupts with applause. But he says the government wants to delay any formal declaration. He continues:
We propose to suspend the effect of the independence declaration... in order to work towards putting into practice the result of the referendum... Today, we are making a gesture of responsibility in favour of dialogue.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2017/oct/10/catalan-parliament-discusses-independence-referendum-live
Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Denzil_DC
(7,290 posts)are probably among the reasons!
The Spanish government's refused dialogue and degraded the region's constitutional autonomy since 2011. That's a major reason why this is all happening at the moment.
itcfish
(1,828 posts)Catalonia. The citizens would lose their pensions and healthcare. Mostly because on Sunday over 1 million people protested against independence.
msongs
(67,502 posts)their new country. gated crossings with customs and citizen checkpoints at every sidewalk, street, rail line, and airport.
elleng
(131,413 posts)Denzil_DC
(7,290 posts)That's a BIG "if", obviously, though as already part of a EU state, it could probably meet the criteria for entry quite easily IF the political will was there (there's parallel with documented positive statements from EU officials in the last couple of years about the prospects of a future independent Scotland joining the EU in its own right).