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Catalonia has a lower GDP per capita than the poorest French region. It is only rich by Spanish standard.
Which kind of stupidity is that? Mr. French globalpower, Spain is only from a 5.000$ difference from France in GDP PPP per capita according to 2016 numbers.
Because that's what matters. Your purchasing power.
Catalonia has a lower GDP per capita than the poorest French region. It is only rich by Spanish standard.
Which kind of stupidity is that? Mr.superiority complex?
Spain has only a 5.000$ difference from France in GDP PPP per capita according to 2016 numbers. The same superiority as Austria or Germany have to France (5-6.000$) because that's what matters. Your purchasing power.
This was in the worst year of the economic crisis in Spain, now Spain has few thousands more. Andalosia would be now yellow in the map, the Balears light blue and Cantabria dark green. Probably Rioja would also be light blue. lol, except for Paris there isn't a single French region with a GDP per capita (PPP) above Madrid, Catalonia, Navarre or the Basque Region.
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Which kind of stupidity is that? Mr.superiority complex?
Spain has only a 5.000$ difference from France in GDP PPP per capita according to 2016 numbers. The same superiority as Austria or Germany have to France (5-6.000$) because that's what matters. Your purchasing power.
This was in the worst year of the economic crisis in Spain, now Spain has few thousands more. Andalosia would be now yellow in the map, the Balears light blue and Cantabria dark green. Probably Rioja would also be light blue. lol, except for Paris there isn't a single French region with a GDP per capita (PPP) above Madrid, Catalonia, Navarre or the Basque Region.
Of course it is not fair. The French government was smart enough to adopt a centralized and homogeneous French linguistic and culture policy since a long time ago and local languages have mostly died out before all this "I want to maintain my culture" thing becomes so important. This is why local separatism is weak because not many people even speak those languages any more... what to do, to form a country of 200,000 people? That would be stupid.
A centralized policy is always smart to maintaining the unification of the nation. Without a common language, and especially with strong regional language and culture, the country will always face the danger of separating.
"Cultural oppression"? Whether it is a good or bad thing depends on how you look at it. If you want to keep the country together, it is probably necessary, especially for larger countries.
Lol. What the French state did was even worse than what the Spanish did during the Franco dicatorship. Children were beaten up by not speaking French, regions were not allowed to practice their culture. That's not a democracy it's a cultural dicatorship. ANd so ironic since France loves to identify itself as a democracy where everybody is equal (a whole lot of rubbish IMO).
Despite being sympathetic to Catalans and their right to be independent, Spain did a good job in adminstrating autonomous regions after the fall of the dicatorship, where they speak their own language, learn it and pratice their culture. The French Catalans do not have any recoginistion within in the French government and very few can speak the language.
I feel exactly the same. Just like the case with Quebec (and its "extreme" language policy), it is about preservation of culture and identity, not a strong economy or whatever. A lot of people simply don't get it. They are like "I prefer a unified Spain" - yes of course you do, because it doesn't affect you in any way. And the rest of Spain of course doesn't want it to go because it makes Spain smaller and less powerful and it is not their culture that is being eroded so who cares. It is really not up for foreigners to judge whether Catalonia should break away (and especially not the EU).
So you defend and agree Catlonian independence and think that France did a great job (NOT) in oppressing and destroying regional langauges and cultures?
Lol. What the French state did was even worse than what the Spanish did during the Franco dicatorship. Children were beaten up by not speaking French, regions were not allowed to practice their culture. That's not a democracy it's a cultural dicatorship. ANd so ironic since France loves to identify itself as a democracy where everybody is equal (a whole lot of rubbish IMO).
Despite being sympathetic to Catalans and their right to be independent, Spain did a good job in adminstrating autonomous regions after the fall of the dicatorship, where they speak their own language, learn it and pratice their culture. The French Catalans do not have any recoginistion within in the French government and very few can speak the language.
And Franco treated far worse other regions, Andalusia, for example.
Franco trested best his worse enemies during the war; Madrid, Asturias, Basque Country and Catalonia.
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