Catalonia holds a disputed referendum

Catalonia holds a disputed referendum

After months of protesting and almost two months after the Scottish referendum, Catalonia holds its partially disputed referendum. Just like the Scottish referendum, the answer and questions is very simple. Should Catalonia become a sovereign state is what many who lives there want.

Catalonia is one of the wealthiest regions in Spain and has a population of around 7.5 million, It gives more to the Spanish central government than it receives. Whether they can get EU membership and adopt the EURO is still a disputed case. In the Scottish referendum case, EU Commission Chief Jose Manuel Barroso said that it would be very difficult for an independent Scotland to join the EU and fully adopt the EURO.

Economic difficulty and cultural grievances has fueled the desire to seceded from Spain. It is reported that most Catalans feel that they are not part of the rest of Spain while some say that Catalonia should not be an independent state because Europe needs to stay together.

 Video by Al-Jaeera.