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What will happen after the Catalan vote for independence? 5
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Catalonia will declare independence and it will lead to war with Spain. (1) 20%
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Catalonia will declare independence, but a peaceful resolution with Spain will occur. (3) 60%
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Catalonia will not declare independence. (0) 0%
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Don't know what will happen. (1) 20%
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Where's Catalonia? (0) 0%
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The situation in Catalonia is looking fragile, before getting to the question at hand, here is a series of links detailing some of the main events over the last week:
2nd October 2017
Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont says the Spanish region has won the right to statehood following a contentious referendum that was marred by violence.
He said the door was open to a unilateral declaration of independence after Catalan officials said voters had backed secession with a 42.3% turnout.
4th October 2017
Catalonia will declare independence from Spain in a matter of days, the leader of the autonomous region has told the BBC.
In his first interview since a disputed vote on Sunday, Carles Puigdemont said his government would "act at the end of this week or the beginning of next".
Meanwhile, Spain's King Felipe VI said the vote's organisers had put themselves "outside the law".
6th October 2017
The Spanish government's representative in Catalonia has apologised to those injured during police efforts to stop Sunday's independence referendum.
7th October 2017
Pro-unity rallies are underway in the Spanish capital after Sunday's disputed referendum for Catalan independence.
Tens of thousands have protested in Madrid, while other demonstrations have been held in the Catalan city of Barcelona urging political dialogue.
7th October 2017
Tensions are running high in Spain in anticipation of a possible declaration of independence by the Catalan government. On 1 October, 43% of Catalans voted in a referendum, which the Spanish government declared illegal then tried to suppress by force.
The final results from the outlawed poll show 90% of the 2.3m people who voted backed independence.
After being bombarded with essentially a one sided view from the media that the Spanish are bad and the Catalonians are the good guys, is that too a simplistic take on things? The vote only had a 43% turnout, so when the Catalonian government talks about 90% of their people voted for independence, that's 90% out of the 43%.
Do the Spanish government have a legitimate point here about the illegality of this vote? If Catalonians wanted independence, they could've voted in pro-independent politicians in the Spanish elections, but independence politicians have never garnered a majority vote in the Spanish elections.
The SNP called for a independence vote and it was given to them and they lost. It was all legal and I think even the SNP accept now that the question of Scottish independence has been put back into the cupboard for a generation. But the way this vote has happened in Catalonia seems to have stirred a hornets nest with unforeseen consequences. What do you think?