Spain Vows Catalonia Will Face ‘Brutal Impoverishment’ If It Leaves
Catalonia says it pays $19 billion more in taxes to Madrid each year than it gets back in services, but this would end if the region split from Spain. [...]
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Rewriting Democracy: Scotland’s Movement towards Independence with a National Yes Registry
Many people thought (and hoped) that Scotland voting No in its Independence Referendum last year had laid that idea to rest. Far from it. Campaigning for the referendum had created a vibrant and politically engaged conversation, one that is still going on – and growing. People started talking about the next referendum and they had no doubt it would happen. It became known as IndyRef 2 and the only question was not ‘if’ but ‘when’.