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Spain to trigger suspension of Catalan autonomy on Saturday

 

People hold umbrellas in front of the regional government headquarters the Generalitat, after the final ten o'clock deadline set by Spain's government for Catalan President Carles Puigdemont to retract an ambiguous declaration of independence, in Barcelona, Spain, October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

 

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's government will trigger on Saturday the Article 155 of the constitution, which allows to suspend Catalonia's political autonomy, the Prime Minister's Office said on Thursday.

 

The special cabinet meeting was called after Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont said the regional parliament could vote on a formal declaration of independence from Spain if the central government failed to agree to talks.

 

(Reporting by Andres Gonzalez; Writing by Paul Day; Editing by Julien Toyer)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-10-19

[Baerboxer]

The bluffer's cards have been called!

[Grouse]

What on earth does Catalonia want?

 

They have

 

Their own language

Their own police force

Their own flag

Their own parliament

Their own schools

 

They are the richest part of Spain but they complain about sharing the wealth with poorer areas!

 

Where is The Republican egalitarian idealism?

 

Greedy buggers. They've got it coming!

[Baerboxer]

2 minutes ago, Grouse said:

What on earth does Catalonia want?

 

They have

 

Their own language

Their own police force

Their own flag

Their own parliament

Their own schools

 

They are the richest part of Spain but they complain about sharing the wealth with poorer areas!

 

Where is The Republican egalitarian idealism?

 

Greedy buggers. They've got it coming!

Indeed Grousy!

 

That's what can happen when greedy ambitious self centered politicians hi-jack and hype up "a cause" and get some momentum.

 

They want a small proportion of the Catalan electorate to dictate to not only the rest of Catalan but also the whole of Spain on how it's going to be. And then claim they are democratic!

 

 

[BuaBS]

And now Catalonia will declare independence . Good. More european regions should declare independence .

[melvinmelvin]

1 hour ago, Grouse said:

What on earth does Catalonia want?

 

They have

 

Their own language

Their own police force

Their own flag

Their own parliament

Their own schools

 

They are the richest part of Spain but they complain about sharing the wealth with poorer areas!

 

Where is The Republican egalitarian idealism?

 

Greedy buggers. They've got it coming!

 

what do they want? many people live in Cat. they probably have different wishes re separation

 

Cat. makes a fair amount of pesetas and collects a substantial amount of pesetas in tax,

this is shipped up the road to Castillan which redistributes collected tax pesetas over the whole peninsula

 

many in Cat are pissed off that not enough tax money is returned to Cat.

 

some regions on the peninsula have way better control over collected taxes,

compared to Cat.

Navarra zum Beispiel

 

I see a beefing up/reshaping of the Spanish constitution coming ......

 

[Sir Dude]

Spain and the EU has shown itself to be the intolerant collective that it is. Despite all the negative comments the UK has received from many quarters...at least they were good enough to give the Scots a real vote and would have honoured it either way. Spain has acted a little bit like the Franco government would have...not good. A chilling expose imo.

[melvinmelvin]

6 minutes ago, Sir Dude said:

Spain and the EU has shown itself to be the intolerant collective that it is. Despite all the negative comments the UK has received from many quarters...at least they were good enough to give the Scots a real vote and would have honoured it either way. Spain has acted a little bit like the Franco government would have...not good. A chilling expose imo.

 

thats why I see a beef up of the Spanish const, coming,

the present one has too much soldier thinking and Franco thinking in it

[BuaBS]

Looks like Catalonians strike back with a bankrun.

https://twitter.com/catalannews/status/921118744436461569

Clever move if a great number of people do it.

I thought of not paying taxes to Madrid , but that could backfire.

A masive bankrun would be better.