Spanish election revives Catalan independence drive
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Spain’s snap elections, to be held on Sunday (29/11), could reignite one of the most divisive issues in the country’s modern history: the independence of Catalonia. Almost a decade after the 2017 constitutional crisis, the prospect of a coalition government between the conservative Popular Party (PP) and the far-right Vox […] The post Spain: Catalonia’s nightmare awakens – How a right-wing victory could reignite separatism appeared first on iEid…
Catalonia, Spain's second largest autonomous region, contributes about 19 percent to the national economy and comprises 16.5 percent of the population.
Spain faces the prospect that the issue of the independence of Catalonia will return to the forefront of the political landscape, as the elections scheduled for 29 November are approaching, amid fears that the rise of the conservative People ' s Party and the extreme right-wing party will lead to renewed separatism, years after its decline since the 2017 and 2018 crises.
Catalonia risks becoming "the hot potato of Spain after the elections of 29 November. A possible government of the People's Party and Vox could bring back into the foreground the dispute over regional autonomy, Catalan language and independence of the province. Almost ten years after the 2017 referendum of independence, Catalonia could return to the center of a political confrontation [...]
The victory of the conservative People's Party (PP) and the far-right Vox in the parliamentary elections in Spain on November 29 could raise the issue of independence again
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