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Scottish government supports Catalonia's right to decide its future
The people of Catalonia should determine its future, the Scottish government has said. The region's government has insisted a referendum on independence from Spain will go ahead on 1 October. Madrid has vowed to block the vote, saying it is unconstitutional. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesCatalonia’s push for independence from Spain is illegitimate, as the region has not been recognized by the United Nations as a non-autonomous territory, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Spanish media.
Sep 18th, 2017 - 10:50 am - Link - Report abuse -1“When one speaks of self-determination, certain areas have been recognized by the United Nations as non-autonomous territories. But Catalonia does not fall into this category,” Ban said in an interview with Spanish newspapers El Pais, El Mundo, ABC and La Vanguardia. (31 Oct 2015).
Viva Catalonia!
Sep 18th, 2017 - 12:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0¡visca Catalunya lliure i sobirana! Ja és hora Catalunya exerceixi els seus drets a l'autodeterminació.
Sep 18th, 2017 - 01:34 pm - Link - Report abuse +1@Brit Bob. I'm curious. According to the limited research I've done on the history, the original Catalonia occupied a geographical position where it was partly in what is now France and partly in what is now Spain. At a time when “Spain” itself consisted of a number of separate kingdoms. More to the point, the “Spanish” area was feudal.The UN Charter would appear to enshrine the principle of self-determination. There can be little doubt that, although ethnically “similar”, Catalans are different from Castilians, Aragonese, Basques, Navarese, Andalusians and so on. They do, after all, have their own language. When did the UN become a world government or, for that matter, a legal authority? How does somewhere like Catalonia become recognised as a “non-autonomous territory” when the current Spanish “government” declares everything Catalonia does to be unconstitutional? I believe Madrid's “view” is that “Spain” is indivisible. How does one obtain self-determination when one's “overlord” maintains domination and the UN conspires to maintain the status quo.
Sep 18th, 2017 - 03:37 pm - Link - Report abuse +2There appears to be something wrong with the way that the UN operates. I have made the point in the past that the Falkland Islands should have the “right” to determine its own future. The UK has changed the Islands' status from “colony” to “self-governing”. How does the UN get to persist in referring to them as non-self governing? It only leaves them at risk from the crooks on the continent. I thought the UN was formed to protect people's freedoms. Has it lost its way? Is it time to demolish it and create something fit for the 21st century?
Jo opoixo fermament a la independència d'Escòcia tal com s'oposa a la independència de Catalunya. ¡Viva España unida!
Sep 18th, 2017 - 05:55 pm - Link - Report abuse -1Conqueror
Sep 18th, 2017 - 06:06 pm - Link - Report abuse +1The UN sees the right to self-determination as applying to ALL NSGTs. Outside of that remit it is an internal affair for the respective governments otherwise chaos might ensue when richer regions of countries wanted to break away and proclaim self-government.
Last week the Venice Commission – a panel of experts who advise the Council of Europe on constitutional law – wrote to Puigdemont, telling him that the referendum would have to be carried out “in agreement with the Spanish authorities … and in full compliance with the constitution and the applicable legislation”.
Up to Spain. (unfortunately).
Molt be, gordo, amb això ens diferenciem - peró tens dret a la llibertat d'opinió i d'expressió.
Sep 18th, 2017 - 06:21 pm - Link - Report abuse +2Keep opposing it then Gordo, - But you can't prevent it.
Sep 18th, 2017 - 08:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Let the Catalans chose their destiny
Sep 18th, 2017 - 09:38 pm - Link - Report abuse +1gordo1
Sep 19th, 2017 - 03:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0Tomás Morado
Le recuerdo que el idioma aquí, por orden de Mercopress, es INGLES.
(I remind you that the language here, by order of Mercopress, is ENGLISH)
Please have the courtesy to repeat your post in English as many of the contributors here here do not understand your BASURA(rubbish)!
http://en.mercopress.com/2017/07/24/falklands-war-new-book-says-invading-argentines-faced-fierce-defense-from-marines-and-suffered-heavy-casualties/comments
Oh well that's Scotlands application to join the EU buggered. The wee munchkin has ensured that Spain will veto any application Scotland might make in the future, well done Nicola. LMFAO
Sep 19th, 2017 - 05:43 am - Link - Report abuse +3Explain how Scotland can apply to join the EU as part of the UK .
Sep 19th, 2017 - 09:57 am - Link - Report abuse +3Anyway, Spain has always said it would veto any proposal for Scotland to join the EU if it supported Catalonian independence. So, what's new ?
Marquitos Alejandrito
Sep 20th, 2017 - 02:26 pm - Link - Report abuse +1What a cheeky little boy you are! So now the Catalan language is “rubbish” is it? Assuming that you are a “gaucho” the form of Spanish spoken in Argentina is “castizo” is it? I think it is “pura basura”!
I think you will find that the Spanish spoken in Argentina is in fact “ Castellano ” A bastard version of Spanish.
Sep 20th, 2017 - 08:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The language of Argentina is, as you say, a bastard form of Spanish but I can assure you that it is NOT “Castellano”!
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