Catalon Referendum: Spain violently suppressing the vote

[StLucieBengal]

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/10/01/catalonia-referendum-livewire-spain-moves-suppress-vote-runs-counter-goals-ideal-eu/

Pretty crazy. The videos were a bit shocking.

Quote:Catalonia Referendum Livewire: Spain Violently Suppressing Vote Which ‘Runs Counter to Goals and Ideal of the EU’

by Jack Montgomery1 Oct 2017572
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Spanish riot police are aggressively suppressing a self-determination referendum on independence for Catalonia, which Madrid says “runs counter to the goals and ideals of the European Union”.

The Spanish government enjoys the support of the EU’s unelected executive, with the President of the European Commission warning against “separatist adventures” and asserting that “regional traditions” should not “set themselves as elements of separatism and fragmentation of Europe”.

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The Catalans, who have their own regional government based in Barcelona, have a troubled relationship with Spain, which violently stripped away their autonomy and attempted to stamp out their language during the Franco years, and also settled hundreds of thousands of outsiders in the region to try and dilute its sense of national identity.

The region’s leaders organised a referendum on establishing Catalonia as an independent republic in 2014, which was approved with over 80 per cent of the votes cast — but Spain, backed by the European Union, refused to recognise it.

Nevertheless, the Catalan parliament resolved to secede from Spain in November 2015, and is holding a referendum today which — if successful — will see the region declare independence within 48 hours.

The Spanish authorities have declared the vote illegal, and are going to great lengths to disrupt and dismantle it.

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[GMDino]

(10-01-2017, 11:20 AM)StLucieBengal Wrote: http://www.breitbart.com/london/2017/10/01/catalonia-referendum-livewire-spain-moves-suppress-vote-runs-counter-goals-ideal-eu/

Pretty crazy.   The videos were a bit shocking.  

See suppressing the vote is wrong.  They should just be taking away Korans.  

[StLucieBengal]

I look forward to the EU's response. They should be going after Spain on this but I am betting they won't