How is that related to this piece of information?
Spanish Constitution does not allow regions (Autonomous Communities in Spain's legal jargon) to make referendums. What's the issue here?
Spanish Constitution does not allow regions (Autonomous Communities in Spain's legal jargon) to make referendums. What's the issue here?
there is no way you can present holding a controversial referendum as worthy of a jail sentence at all, let alone 15 years. "broke the law"... i mean, crossing the street when the light is red is "breaking the law". buying weed is "breaking the law".
it is a provocative heavy-handed foolish move by the Spanish Supreme Court, that will only serve to inflame tensions, as it now provides an air of martyrdom.
it's all thoroughly unnecessary and gratuitous. it would be enough to say "well that referendum result doesn't count, sorry. nope." and you'd have a bit of protest and another "illegal" referendum every few years, but you wouldn't be feeding the popularity of the Catalonian independence movement.
it was a stupid move. hubris appears unattractive to the global lens.
mind you, I couldn't have given 2 hoots about any of this, just reporting on how it appears on the world stage.
So yes: it actually was a case of stealing millions.
In other words, laws are not necessarily holy, just because they are laws.
To achieve it though they will have to convince the whole world that it is true and more important then anyone's relationship with Spain
I'm sure there are more; these are just three I'm familiar with.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Sovereignty_referendu...
About Flakland Islands I don't know, so I don't have an opinion.
> Do you think that USA would allow Texas or Lakota Nation to secede?
I think Symbiote was using Scotland as an example to prove that this wasn’t out of the question.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Falkland_Islands_sovereig...
a lot depends on the outcome. you can bet that the british empire didn't "let" the colonies secede, but they did anyway, persevered, and eventually the british "let them" by way of not pursuing the war.
and so, here we are. the same could happen with spain, or a state in the US, or w/e. winners tend to write the history books, as well as perspective on past events.