Catalonia declares independence

[dcassetta]

It will be interesting to see if this affects cruises to/from Barcelona.

 

[darnheather]

I worry for the people there.

 

[dcassetta]

I worry for the people there.

I agree, if people think it is not safe to travel to Barcelona, many jobs may be affected, and even more, if cruise companies pull out of the port.

 

[DynamicDisneyDuo]

I would think as long as Catalonian authorities keep things under control that there wouldn't be a safety issue. It might take a little while for people to accept that things are under control and will stay that way though. Now if Spain moves to retake Catalonia by force? That's a whole different kettle of fish.

 

[phinz]

We have friends in Madrid who travel to Catalonia all the time (he's a travel writer for the NYT) so I'm keeping a very close eye on his feed to see how things are going. I fear they're verging on another civil war. It's hard to put the genie back in the lamp once you've let it out.

 

[phinz]

I would think as long as Catalonian authorities keep things under control that there wouldn't be a safety issue. Now if Spain moves to retake Catalonia by force? That's a whole different kettle of fish.

Last I heard Spain is moving to revoke autonomy for Catalonia. I'm really afraid shots will be fired, and Spain doesn't have the best modern record when it comes to politically-based violence.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-s...n-direct-madrid-rule-looms-idUSKBN1CW0VF?il=0

 

[DynamicDisneyDuo]

Hopefully the EU will lean heavily on Spain to resolve this peacefully. The problem is, from what I've read, Spain needs Catalonia a lot more than Catalonia needs Spain.

 

[mmouse37]

It was all the talk when were in Barcelona in August on a land based vacation.

MJ

 

[jrabbit]

I've been following this for some time and have kept thinking - Didn't Spain learn anything from their history with Franco?!!!!

Like others have said, Spain needs Catalunya more than Catalunya needs Spain. It's like if the west coast succeeded from the USA - no matter how much people complain about the Left Coast, we supply the rest of the country with lots of food and tax dollars.