28.05.2014 - 09:06
The economic paper Financial Times has once again turned the spotlight on Catalonia, this time based on election behavior in Sunday’s European elections. In “European poll highlights regional rift in Spain“, the influential British paper highlights the important political breach that exists between Catalonia and Spain: “In legal terms, Catalan leaders have yet to work out how they can hold a referendum on independence from Spain. In electoral terms, however, the northern region already looks like a different country.”
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European poll highlights regional rift in Spain (Financial Times)
In legal terms, Catalan leaders have yet to work out how they can hold a referendum on independence from Spain. In electoral terms, however, the northern region already looks like a different country.
The widening gulf between Catalonia and the rest of the nation was highlighted by the starkly diverging outcomes in Sunday’s European Parliament election: after a campaign dominated by the issue of independence, more than 55 per cent of Catalan voters backed parties that support a referendum on the region’s future status. Most do not even stand in other parts of the country. Five years ago, their share of the vote was only 38 per cent.
