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Catalonia, with the city of Barcelona as its Mediterranean hub, occupies modern Spain's northeastern corner. "Occupies" does double duty in the Spain-Catalonia political conflict. Catalonia's more extreme nationalists swear their region has been "occupied" by various Madrid-based governments for four to five centuries. Time to secede from Spain and create an independent Catalonia!
However, Spain's national government -- located in dreaded Madrid -- says secession is unconstitutional. It opposes Catalan secession.
Ignoring Madrid's warnings, in an election held last Sunday, Catalans demonstrated overwhelming support for self-determination as a common desire.
Or is it a bewitched itch? Since 1985, I've argued that...
Catalonia's Separatist Catatonia