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Why doesn't Spain just give them more autonomy? Or is Spain actually the "bad guys" here ?
by sgt 7y ago
Why doesn't Spain just give them more autonomy? Or is Spain actually the "bad guys" here ?
- throwaway8756 7y agoSpain is one of the most decentralised countries in the world. Catalan government (not all catalans by the way, around 50%), at this point, only want independence.
- reallydontask 7y agoThere is little more autonomy to be given and still be part of Spain (although it's a matter of perspective) There is some info on the wikipedia page for Spain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain#Administrative_divisions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain#Administrative_divisions
- hevi_jos 7y agoBecause Spain is currently one of the more decentralized country in the world? Spain created the "autonomias" in order to appease secessionists. Not a brilliant idea given them the control of the Education(that teaches them that Spain robs them and creates fiction about their past, all while rejecting Spanish), of the Police(so their friends could close roads without consequences), put levies to shops that used Spanish in their signs and tracks and harass those kids that use Spanish in School's recess. BTW, the secessionist want to own Catalonia, but it feels too less to them, they also want Valencia and the Balearic Islands. And if you let them a big part of Aragón.
- joscas 7y agoCatalans voted in a referendum a new regional constitution which was overturned by the Spanish constitutional court. This triggered support for independence. Catalans don't manage, their taxes, nor their airports, or their trains. Everything that really matters is managed by the central government, it's self-rule on paper but not in reality.