Catalunya independence: Rajoy fails to persuade Mas to give up sovereignty referendum
Monday, September 16, 2013 @ 10:27 AM
A LETTER from Spanish president Mariano Rajoy to Catalunya's regional leader Artur Mas has failed to persuade him to call off his plans for a referendum on independence next year.
Mas wrote to Rajoy asking for permission to call Catalunya residents to the polling stations to decide whether or not they want the region to become a separate country, to which Rajoy answered with a missive to the effect of 'united we stand, divided we fall'.
The German Parliament has already warned that the EU may have to be prepared for a possible secession of Catalunya, since this could potentially leave the region – or new country – isolated and with no export market.
It would have to reapply to become a member of the EU and the Eurozone, and in the meantime, trade barriers and customs fees would apply since free movement to and from Catalunya would be abolished.
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