CATALONIA
Catalan separatism is energised again
" The political consequences of the imprisonment of the entire
dismissed Catalan cabinet - save for the five members of it that are in
Brussels - will be severe. Yesterday there were spontaneous
demonstrations in Catalonia, and pot-banging has returned. There are
calls for a general strike next week. And the odds that there will be a
single non-partisan "civic" list encompassing all separatist parties,
and members of the grass-roots, have risen considerably. In the current
mood, this could possibly also include members of the fence-sitting
Catalan ally of Podemos, and even members of the Catalan socialists. "
