On #ThisDayInHistory in 2014, a #CatalanIndependence referendum was held in #Catalonia. With about a 40% turnout, voters overwhelmingly (80.8%) chose independence from #Spain. If countries must exist at all, they should not hold a people captive against their expressed will.

Feijóo’s now-or-never moment to lead Spain https://www.politico.eu/article/alberto-nunez-feijoo-peoples-party-pedro-sanchez-spain-snap-election/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Catalanindependence #Spanishpolitics #Competition #Corruption #Democracy #Elections #Transport #Farright #Vaccines #Politics #Rights #Fraud #Media

EU’s biggest secessionist movement is losing momentum https://www.politico.eu/article/catalonia-salvador-illa-carles-puigdemont-secessionist-spain-europe/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Catalanindependence #Regions/Cohesion #Spanishpolitics #Separatism #Politics #Crisis

President was right to bar Catalan separatists from European Parliament, EU top court rules https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-court-of-justice-parliament-ex-president-catalan-separatists-toni-comin-carles-puigdemont-antonio-tajani/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Catalanindependence #Spanishpolitics #Parliament #Referendum #Buildings #Elections #Judiciary #Services #Politics #opinion #Courts #Rights #MEPs

Puigdemont says he’s back in Belgium, as Catalonia welcomes new president https://www.politico.eu/article/puigdemont-says-hes-back-in-belgium-as-catalonia-welcomes-new-president/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Catalanindependence #Europeanpolitics #Spanishpolitics #Department #Parliament #Elections #Politics #Mayors #Rights #Media

Quiz: Where is Carles Puigdemont, the Catalan separatist leader? https://www.politico.eu/article/carles-puigdemont-arrested-catalonia-independence-quiz/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Catalanindependence #Spanishpolitics

Catalan police search sewers, seal off Barcelona Zoo looking for Carles Puigdemont https://www.politico.eu/article/carles-puigdemont-search-catalonia-parliament-spain-barcelona-zoo-sewers/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Catalanindependence #Spanishpolitics #Lawenforcement #Judiciary #Politics

Belgium’s agent of chaos https://www.politico.eu/article/belgium-politics-elections-in-europe-far-right-vlaams-belang-party-flemish-brussels-tom-van-grieken/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #EuropeanParliamentelection2024 #ScottishIndependence #Catalanindependence #ElectionsinEurope #Belgianpolitics #Immigration #Separatism #Democracy #Elections #Espionage #Migration #Abortion #Security #Politics #Borders #LGBTQ+ #Racism #Rights #Media

Catalan independence is, like, so 2017 https://www.politico.eu/article/5-key-things-to-know-about-catalonias-elections-nationalist-parties-failed-secure-majority/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Catalanindependence #ElectionsinEurope #Spanishpolitics #Parliament #Separatism #Elections #Politics #Welfare #Rights