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Catalonia: Two Tales of Governance against the Law

Catalonia: Two Tales of Governance against the Law The recent political events in Catalonia have taken the other European countries by surprise. Why did Carles Puigdemont push so hard on the Spanish government and organised an illegal unilateral referendum on Catalonia’s independence? And why did the Spanish government push so hard back, using so much unnecessary – and therefore unlawful – violence against the Catalan voters?How could the Catalan separatists believe that the European Union would be able and willing to defend them against the Spanish government? How could they believe that the Catalan citizens would become economically more prosperous after a declaration of independence? Why did they not foresee that banks and other powerful business actors would immediately move their headquarters out of Catalonia and make the region economically weaker? Was the pound crash and the dramatic fall of the uk house prices after Brexit not clear enough a lesson?1And what about the Catalan separatists who are now withdrawing symbolic amounts of cash from the five main bank chains, as a sign of protest?2How can they seriously believe this could induce the banks or the European Union to change their minds?3The recent developments in Catalonia could be seen as two tales of governance against the law. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png European Journal of Comparative Law and Governance Brill

Catalonia: Two Tales of Governance against the Law

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The recent political events in Catalonia have taken the other European countries by surprise. Why did Carles Puigdemont push so hard on the Spanish government and organised an illegal unilateral referendum on Catalonia’s independence? And why did the Spanish government push so hard back, using so much unnecessary – and therefore unlawful – violence against the Catalan voters?How could the Catalan separatists believe that the European Union would be able and willing to defend them against the Spanish government? How could they believe that the Catalan citizens would become economically more prosperous after a declaration of independence? Why did they not foresee that banks and other powerful business actors would immediately move their headquarters out of Catalonia and make the region economically weaker? Was the pound crash and the dramatic fall of the uk house prices after Brexit not clear enough a lesson?1And what about the Catalan separatists who are now withdrawing symbolic amounts of cash from the five main bank chains, as a sign of protest?2How can they seriously believe this could induce the banks or the European Union to change their minds?3The recent developments in Catalonia could be seen as two tales of governance against the law.

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European Journal of Comparative Law and Governance – Brill

Published: Dec 13, 2017

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