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 Puigdemont calls for meeting of Catalan parliament while comparing Spanish PM Rajoy to Franco

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BREAKING: Spain takes direct rule of Catalonia as PM invokes Article 155 of constitution

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Putin blames EU hypocrisy for Catalonia crisis

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BREAKING: Catalonia threatens to enact independence as Spain threatens direct control

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BREAKING: Two Catalan independence leaders arrested on SEDITION charges

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On “Independence”: Catalonia, Kurdistan, North Korea and Latin America

Alessandro Biancchi:  Self-determination of peoples and respect for the borders and sovereignty of a country. This is of the most complicated issue for international law. How can it be articulated for the case of Catalonia?
Andre Vltchek: Personally, I’m not very enthusiastic about smaller nations forming their own states, particularly those in the West, where they would, after gaining ‘independence’, remain in the alliances that are oppressing and plundering the entire world: like NATO or the European Union.

Carles Puigdemont Turns the Tables on Rajoy

Before his speech on Independence to the Catalan parliament, Carles Puigdemont seemed to be in an impossible position. Declare Independence and he would be immediately arrested and direct rule imposed from Madrid. Rajoy appeared to have all the angles covered; the EU had already specifically greenlighted the use of armed force in Commissioner Timmermans’ disgraceful address to the EU Parliament. […]