Originally Posted by
Jonccfc1927
It's complicated, I have family who live in Barcelona. During the civil war, Catalans were persecuted and the language was banned. There are a lot of similarities with the relationship between England & Wales except Catalonia is the richest part of Spain but is also taxed the heaviest. The locals rightly want to pay less tax and govern themselves but mainland Spain are not going to lose a major source of income so have refused the referendum which will almost certainly vote for autonomy. Bearing in mind they've only had democracy since the 80s, I fear a civil war if Spain don't grant it, it could get messy. The Catalan government have been talking with Scotland in depth but it's not going to be an easy resolution.....