Yeah, further European integration is really good for separatist politicians all over Europe, from Veneno to Scotland to Catalonia to wherever. As Artur Mas, c

Yeah, further European integration is really good for separatist politicians all over Europe, from Veneno to Scotland to Catalonia to wherever. As Artur Mas, current leader of the goverment of Catalonia said: "I think that the right answer would be the following one: imagine that the European Union turns into the United States of Europe. In this case, with a federal structure, Catalonia would like to be one of the states of that federation. If you look at the United States of America, you will realise that, with a population of about 300 million people, they have 50 states. The European union, with more than 500 million people, could have more than 60 or 70, or maybe 75 states. And why couldn’t Catalonia be one of these states, in a federal structure and with the powers of a state which belongs to a federal structure? So, with less powers than an independent country but more powers than we have today. In that case, Spain would have less powers, and France and Germany and Holland, but Catalonia would have more powers…"