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This afternoon, Catalonia declared independence. At the same time, Spain invoked article 155, to strip Catalonia from its governing powers putting it under direct rule from the federal government. A vote for independence was raised in Catalonian parliament, with part of parliament leaving before the vote on independence started. The motion declaring independence was approved with 70 in favor, 10 against, and two abstentions of the normal 135 total.
From RT: https://www.rt.com/news/407956-catalan-parliament-votes-independence/
From Aljazeera: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/10/catalan-parliament-begins-vote-independence-171027115908493.html
From BBC: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41780116
It will be interesting to see how things unfold. In my opinion, Madrid using violence to stop a referendum gave it the legality they later claim the referendum didn't have. The lack of dialogue paved the way into the only possible outcome, Catalonia declaring independence and Madrid denying it. Whatever happens next, I hope will be peaceful. As to how the EU reacts, I'm hoping they ask for an official referendum, and whatever the outcome, pledges that both Catalonia and Spain will be able to remain in the EU if they desire. That may release tensions a bit.
(Score: 2, Funny) by realDonaldTrump on Saturday October 28 2017, @04:23AM
The United States condemns the terror attack in Barcelona, Spain, and will do whatever is necessary to help. Study what General Pershing of the United States did to terrorists when caught. This is something you can read in the history books. Not a lot of history books, because they don’t like teaching it. General Pershing was having terrorism problems just like you do. And he caught 50 terrorists who did tremendous damage and killed many people. And he took the 50 terrorists, and he took 50 men, and he dipped 50 bullets in pig’s blood and had his soldiers execute 49 of the men. The 50th person, he said, "You go back to your people and you tell them what happened." And for 25 years there wasn’t a problem. There was no more Radical Islamic Terror for 35 years! You'd better start getting tough and you better start getting vigilant and using your heads, or you’re not going to have a country, folks. #SpainStrong [twitter.com] 🇺🇸