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janrinok
on Friday September 08 2017, @06:25PM
from the then-the-Basques,-and-then-...? dept.
from the then-the-Basques,-and-then-...? dept.
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.
See also:
- Will Catalonia try to secede from Spain this year? [Jan 2017]
- Catalan independence: Plan for quick split from Spain after vote [Jul 2017]
- Catalonia's push for independence from Spain [Nov 2015]
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(Score: 2) by dry on Saturday September 09 2017, @11:53PM
The natives aren't Quebecois, rather Cree, Dene, Inuit and I forget what else and might be misrembering the native nations who occupy the north of Quebec, been a long time since grade 6. The Quebecois traditionally occupy the lands close to the St Lawrence. I think the natives wanted to stick with Canada. Generally they don't really recognize either the Federal or Provincial governments, having made treaties with the Crown. Constitutionally, the feds are responsible for the natives and if they didn't want to go with Quebec, it would have complicated things quite a bit.
As for money, if a country wants to use another countries currency, I don't see how you could stop them. On the other hand, they don't have any control and can't inflate away debt. Other treaties such as NAFTA also wouldn't automatically cover Quebec though old ones like the Jay treaty probably would as they predate Confederation.
It's much more complicated then the Quebec separatists campaigned on and I'm sure it's the same with Catalonia.