WJ
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Post by WJ on Mar 1, 2018 20:27:08 GMT
Puigdemont has renounced his claim to the presidency. He has recommended (the incarcerated) Jordi Sanchez take on the role.
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Post by mboy on Mar 1, 2018 20:36:32 GMT
I wonder if the large majority of forum voters who thought that the election result was a boost to the independence cause, still think so?
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Post by neilm on Mar 1, 2018 20:39:01 GMT
Puigdemont has renounced his claim to the presidency. He has recommended (the incarcerated) Jordi Sanchez take on the role. It's a bit more complicated than that- the parliament voted 68-8 in favour of a motion denouncing Puigdemont's ouster (with the unionist parties abstaining), with a back up plan to form a 'Council of the Republic' headed by Puigdemont and based in Brussels. Part of the deal is to nominate Sanchez, who will need clearance from the Supreme Court to go to the investiture. Which he won't get, so then the merry go round will begin again. Puigdemont's job will be to promote independence around the world, presumably giving him access to the Catalan 'embassies.' |
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Post by neilm on Mar 1, 2018 20:45:39 GMT
I wonder if the large majority of forum voters who thought that the election result was a boost to the independence cause, still think so? It's complicated. They're doing what a lot of pro-independence voters want- thumbing their noses at Madrid. Eventually, however, people will want a functioning government so it'll blow back on them. People in Spain are quite attached to the powers their autonomous communities/historic nationalities have and expect them to be used- not like Northern Ireland where no one has really noticed. At the moment, I'm coming down as a boost to the cause. If Madrid overreacts then it'll get an extended honeymoon. |
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Post by jimboo2017 on Mar 1, 2018 21:08:39 GMT
Prepare for an early Spanish General Election
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Post by Foggy on Mar 1, 2018 21:33:41 GMT
I wonder if the large majority of forum voters who thought that the election result was a boost to the independence cause, still think so? It's complicated. They're doing what a lot of pro-independence voters want- thumbing their noses at Madrid. Eventually, however, people will want a functioning government so it'll blow back on them. People in Spain are quite attached to the powers their autonomous communities/historic nationalities have and expect them to be used- not like Northern Ireland where no one has really noticed. At the moment, I'm coming down as a boost to the cause. If Madrid overreacts then it'll get an extended honeymoon. Part of the problem is that Catalonia wants the historic taxation powers that the Basque Country and Navarre can wield, when the Spanish Constitution says they can only have those of a modern autonomous community (whilst still being acknowledged in that document as an 'historic nationality'). Rajoy is quoted in various Spanish newspapers today as calling either the idea of a 'free space' in Brussels and/or the general agreement between the separatist parties "demented". That'll sound like an undiplomatic overreaction to a lot of Catalans. Overall it's been the same story for the past 5 weeks: posturing by pro-independence forces, handled very badly by the central Spanish authorities. Rinse and repeat. |
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