Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Catalonia, Crimea and a lack of joined up thinking


It would be unconstitutional to hold a referendum on secession in Catalonia. The reason is that Spain is one country and decisions on the basic union of the country can only be taken by the Spanish people as a whole. The Catalan nationalists are opposed to this fact and insist on their Right to Decide.

It would be unconstitutional to hold a referendum on secession in Ukraine. The reason is that Ukraine is one country and decisions on the basic union of the country can only be taken by the Ukrainian people as a whole. The Catalan nationalists support this fact and oppose the holding of a referendum in Crimea.

Isn’t that clever of them? It’s not often you come across such sophisticated political thought.

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