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Catalonia’s Election: What Lies Ahead for Spain and the EU
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Catalonia’s Election: What Lies Ahead for Spain and the EU

Knowledge at Wharton·Knowledge at Wharton Staff·about 1 month ago
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Don’t expect any final resolution on Catalonia’s independence before early 2016, says Wharton management professor Mauro Guillen in this Knowledge at Wharton interview. That is because the September 27 regional vote in Catalonia did not produce clear majority support. Though not an official referendum, the vote was viewed as an unofficial measure of support for independence. Yet, while the pro-independence coalition won a majority of seats in the Catalan parliament, it failed by two percentage points to win more than 50% of the vote — widely seen as the requirement to push an official referendum over the top. For now, the mixed vote has taken some steam out of the pro-independence movement. Any final resolution must now await national Spanish elections set for December 20, which could potentially soften relations between the federal and regional governments. Up until now, the major factions in Catalonia and Madrid have taken a very hard line towards each other.…

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