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Voters in Scotland have turned down independence for now, but separatist movements continue across Europe, possibly threatening to dismantle Spain, France, and Belgium as well as the UK. The next milestone will be an independence vote on Nov. 9 in Catalonia, the region on the northeast coast of Spain which includes Barcelona; separatists are expected to win handily, but the vote is not binding on the Spanish government. Slate has a neat map showing what a completely redrawn Europe would look like, if accommodations were made for all movements that have joined a loose collective called European Free Alliance; a more complete but visually less satisfying map, including EFA holdouts such as Northern Ireland, appears in Wikipedia. The Washington Post has thumbnail descriptions of eight movements.
(Score: 3, Informative) by TGV on Tuesday September 23 2014, @04:52PM
I'm surprised that Catalunya is joined with the region beneath Valencia. Also, there is no Andalusian separatist movement, as far as I know, and Euskal would be quite a bit bigger than as it's drawn on the map. The Frysian separatist movement tends to think of the entire stretch from current Friesland until and including the Danish west coast, sort of like this: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friezen#mediaviewer/File:Friesische_Seelande_um_1300.png [wikipedia.org].