Yes, I agree. I'm not saying it's wrong/right for a referendum, just giving a possible reason we can't trust the numbers of the referendum that happened (or did

Yes, I agree. I'm not saying it's wrong/right for a referendum, just giving a possible reason we can't trust the numbers of the referendum that happened (or didn't really happen, if you're the spanish government). There are a few cases where the independence referendum was legal and recognized by whoever they were trying to get independence from. Algergia, Guinea, Samoa, whole bunch of ex Soviet Union countries. There are future referendums planned that are recognized as well. So it's not impossible. It just won't work with the current Spanish Government (a referendum. Indepedence, maybe)