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Catalonia's Separatist Swell
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Körperschaftlicher Herausgeber
Forschungsinstitut der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e.V.
Abstract Artur Mas, the regional leader of Catalonia, signed a decree on September 27 calling for a non-binding consultation on independence to be held on November 9 to determine the region's fate. Recent polls indicate that half of Catalans would vote to break away from Spain, while the other half would vot... mehr
Artur Mas, the regional leader of Catalonia, signed a decree on September 27 calling for a non-binding consultation on independence to be held on November 9 to determine the region's fate. Recent polls indicate that half of Catalans would vote to break away from Spain, while the other half would vote to stay on current or more autonomous terms. In the likely scenario that the Spanish Constitutional Court suspends the decree on the grounds that it is illegal, Mas is expected to call off the November 9 consultation. If he backs down on the consultation, however, pressure will rise in Catalonia for early regional elections. His party, Convergència i Unió, will likely lose votes in such elections to the more radically pro-independence party, Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC). If ERC makes big gains, Spain's prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, may soon face a new partner in Barcelona - one who is less willing to negotiate. Madrid would be wise to offer Barcelona far more than just fiscal concessions.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Separatismus; politische Unabhängigkeit; politischer Konflikt; Innenpolitik; Regionalismus; Volksabstimmung; Volksentscheid; politische Entscheidung; Autonomie; Spanien
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Staat, staatliche Organisationsformen
Freie Schlagwörter
Katalonien
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2014
Erscheinungsort
Berlin
Seitenangabe
6 S.
Schriftenreihe
DGAP kompakt, 12
ISSN
2198-5936
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
Lizenz
Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung