Spain's central authorities moved Thursday to crush plans by the northeastern region of Catalonia to hold an independence referendum and took steps to prosecute regional lawmakers backing the ballot. A long-running campaign for independence by a group of Catalan politicians, who hold a majority in ...
Spain is facing its deepest political crisis in decades after Catalonia's regional parliament on Wednesday passed a law paving the way for an independence referendum on Oct. 1. Madrid will seek any means possible to block it. The looming showdown comes three weeks after jihadi ...
Catalonia will declare independence "immediately" if the region's voters opt to separate from Spain in a referendum, its ruling coalition said Tuesday as it unveiled a bill aimed at ensuring the vote takes place despite Madrid's refusal. "A decisive vote will be held on Oct. ...
Independence-minded Catalans at a polling station in Tokyo explain why they voted in defiance of Madrid in a referendum that had already been ruled invalid.
If a majority of the voters in a distinct region of a country favor independence, does that mean that they have a right to secede? Paradoxically the EU has made it more feasible for states like Scotland and Catalonia to consider independence.
There is no case for forcibly keeping territories under a country's rule if the majority doesn't want it.
