The law is the law: legalistic distortions between official Spain and Catalonia / After the Catalan vote, Spain needs to buy time / Catalonia referendum: a reality check

The Catalanists’ democratic credentials are shoehorned into a one-size-fits-all horror story of minority nationalism that allows non-violent Catalans to be condemned in carelessly violent language.

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ESO: Background information: 2.25 million Catalans participate in non-binding vote, independence option won with 80% support http://www.europeansources.info/record/2-25-million-catalans-participate-in-non-binding-vote-independence-option-won-with-80-support/

openDemocracy: Can Europe Make It?, 15.11.14: After the Catalan vote, Spain needs to buy time https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/francesc-badia-i-dalmases/after-catalan-vote-spain-needs-to-buy-time

openDemocracy: Can Europe Make It?, 13.11.14: Catalonia referendum: a reality check https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/pere-vilanova/catalonia-referendum-reality-check

openDemocracy: Can Europe Make It? Tag: Spotlight on Catalonia and Spain https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/spotlight-on-spain-and-catalonian-independence

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