Catalans find European status quo means 'States Rule'
Nov 01, 2017
4 minutes
The European Union is often said to be all talk and too little action.
Catalonia’s controversial bid to break away from Spain has been all action and no talk at all between the two sides.
It would seem a perfect opportunity for EU officials to step in as mediators.
But as Catalonia’s ousted president Carles Puigdemont made a surprise appearance in the EU’s capital, Brussels, this week, after unilaterally declaring independence last Friday, he has won no sympathy from any of the bloc’s member states.
Behind their silence in the face of Catalonia’s independence drive lies a patchwork of separatist and nationalist movements gurgling
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