Re Catalonia
They are right to be nervous, as what Madrid/EU has done is turn a possibility into a certainty . There were lots of pissed off Catalans before, due to paying a very disproportionate amount into Madrids coffers and getting little back, now Madrid has pissed off them all.
The Euro has created nothing but misery for the Club Med countries and the Catalans have had the double wammy of having their economy wrecked and watching Madrid piss away their wealth and now they find that as far as Madrid/EU is concerned that is just fine.
Plus the Basques are equally unhappy…Spain/EU has got huge problems and morons to sort it out, what could go wrong…..Yet again only the Rig is keeping this pig afloat.