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Spain Trying to Stop Catalonia Independence Referendum

posted by janrinok on Friday September 08 2017, @06:25PM   Printer-friendly
from the then-the-Basques,-and-then-...? dept.

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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 Phoenix666 on Saturday September 09 2017, @03:00PM (1 child)

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Saturday September 09 2017, @03:00PM (#565676) Journal

    I keep thinking the capital of the 2nd American Republic ought to be in Denver, to cut the elites in the Northeast off at the knees. The mindset of that whole region is out of step with what the country is now. They have fully retained the class mentality of Merry Olde England there.

    I say Denver and not St. Louis because Denver has better skiing.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 09 2017, @10:34PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 09 2017, @10:34PM (#565783)

    Denver has better skiing

    Perhaps some of the legislators would avail themselves of that.
    ...like the guy who extended copyright to 95 years.
    ...and died after he slammed into a tree. [google.com]

    Though he was never in government, a similar thing was done by a Kennedy. [google.com]

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