This is not a good outcome for Spain, or for the EU. People told me 2 years ago, that I was crazy when I said Catalonia was a risk for separation. People still severely underestimate the sort of tyranny that will be unleashed by the European seats of power. They will wipe out 30% of Catalonia just to make a point. The Catalonians definitely don't know what they are doing.
Around 800-900 people injured by Spanish federal police yesterday just for voting. The Catalonian police (and emergency services incl. firemen) and the Spanish federal police were actually fighting one another in the streets.
Spain arrested around 14 politicians from Catalonia the other day, seized thousands of ballots, froze Catalonian govt. accounts, tried to station 16500 riot police off the coast of Catalonia in cruise liners. This was then blocked by the local dock workers. They also forced Google to shut down an app because they claimed it was being used for the illegal voting.
Meanwhile in Brussels, Juncker proposed a federal army (anti-Brexit politicians were claiming this idea was insane about 15 months ago), wants to expand the EU military budget, federalize the EU and will probably use the federal army to force political change at gunpoint if it comes to fruition. Lots of Remain voters in the Brexit have shifted towards a leave position just based on the speech given in the EU parliament the other day.
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 10/02/2017 09:18AM by istirith.