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Mas is unable to guarantee to Catalan voters that they will continue to be a part of the EU if they secede from Spain (Photo: Agència Catalana de Notícies)

Catalan leader asks EU for answers on independence

Catalan leader Artur Mas on Wednesday (7 November) challenged the EU's ambivalence on the rise of regionalism in the Union by saying it would be "illogical" not to accept small, rich, pro-EU Catalonia as an automatic future member if it splits from Spain.

Mas, who is hoping that a 25 November election in Catalonia will give him a mandate to begin moving toward independence, said the northern Spanish region already meets criteria for EU membership.

"The will of the Catalan people i...

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Mas is unable to guarantee to Catalan voters that they will continue to be a part of the EU if they secede from Spain (Photo: Agència Catalana de Notícies)

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