“Brexit isn’t good news for Europe or for Catalonia,” Romeva said. “The [Spanish state] has left us feeling that we just don’t have an alternative,” Romeva said. The question is: if Catalonia became an independent state, in whose interests would it be for Catalonia to be out of the EU? “Catalonia is and will be an ally of Spain for obvious reasons of markets and infrastructure, as well as cultural and linguistic reasons. The Catalan government has intensified its war of words with Spain by vowing to use its democratic mandate to forge a separate Catalan state with or without the approval of Madrid.

Source: The Guardian July 27, 2016 04:52 UTC