http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41191327
Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy says he will ask the courts to revoke a law passed by the Catalan regional government to hold a referendum on independence. He described the vote, planned for 1 October, as illegal.
Earlier, state prosecutors said they would bring criminal charges against Catalan leaders for their endorsement of the referendum.
The pro-independence majority in Catalonia's parliament passed the referendum law on Wednesday. Spain's wealthy north-eastern region already has autonomous powers but the regional government says it has popular support for full secession.
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(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Friday September 08 2017, @10:05PM (6 children)
Kind of like the equalization payments in Canada:
Ontario puts more into the 'fund' then it gets out, whereas Quebec gets more out than it puts in.
But let's separate, eh Quebec?
Glad that talks over (for now).
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(Score: 2) by chromas on Friday September 08 2017, @10:55PM (4 children)
Did they call it Quebexit?
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Saturday September 09 2017, @12:21AM (3 children)
more like Q*bert, lol.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q*bert [wikipedia.org] (for the young'uns)
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(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday September 09 2017, @02:32AM (2 children)
Why does Q*bert have an uncircumcised penis for a nose?
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 09 2017, @07:19AM
fuck knows.
(Score: 3, Informative) by chromas on Saturday September 09 2017, @08:58AM
That's why he's got the asterisk in his name. There's a secret Zionist footnote to indicate he's one of the non-subservient goyim.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 08 2017, @11:58PM
Hey don't dis Ontario like that we are getting only a billion dollars less than Quebec this year! we've almost caught up!