PROPOSITI SECESSIONISTI (Guardian Shortcuts Stephen Moss 25.3.2014) are we enteringin a new era of microstates? ...residents of Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles are petioning the Scottish Parliament for the right to hold their own referendum on indipendance, but this time from Scotland rather than the Uk... ... at the same time as Scottish islanders are thinking of going their own way, Venice and the Veneto region have also declared their desire to break away from Italy. An online poll, in which 2,3 m people voted, registered 89% support for secession. They have a point of course: Veniceis sui generis, a world entire unto itself, culturally different from the rest of Italy. No doubt Venice secedes the islands of Murano and Burano will want to consider their own futures. We amy be enterinf the age of the microstate... ... The list of would-be seceders around the world is staggering. In Spain, the Basques and Catalans... ...In Belgium the Flemish and Walloon;... Carinthia wants to break away from Austria;... ...Brittany from France... ...Bavaria from Germany... And thats just Europe!..
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 08:38:23 +0000
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