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The Catalan struggle for independence and the role of the European Union

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  • Andrea Wagner
  • Jianna Marin
  • Dorian Kroqi

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Despite the new political leaderships, Catalonia has continued to be deadlocked since the failed independence movement. As the Catalan separatists' trials are underway, the paper tries to probe highly educated Spanish citizens' perception of the Catalan independence movement as well as their views on the role of the European Union's involvement in the crisis. We find that the pro‐unity Spaniards who did not desire an EU intervention were the least Eurosceptic while those who supported an independent Catalonia and demanded an EU crisis intervention displayed higher levels of Euroscepticism. We also discover that the sample displaying the highest level of Euroscepticism was composed of pro‐secessionist supporters who had a neutral stance on the EU's crisis involvement. A pesar de los nuevos liderazgos políticos, Cataluña sigue estancada desde el fracaso del movimiento independentista. Mientras los juicios a los separatistas catalanes están en marcha, el artículo intenta sondear la percepción de los ciudadanos españoles con un alto nivel de educación sobre el movimiento independentista catalán, así como sus puntos de vista sobre el papel del involucramiento de la Unión Europea en la crisis. Se encontró que los españoles a favor de la unidad que no deseaban una intervención de la UE eran los menos euroescépticos, mientras que los que apoyaban una Cataluña independiente y exigían una intervención en la crisis por parte de la UE mostraban mayores niveles de euroescepticismo. También se descubrió que la muestra que presentaba el mayor nivel de euroescepticismo estaba compuesta por los partidarios de la secesión, quienes tenían una postura neutral sobre el involucramiento de la UE en la crisis. 新自治政権の発足にもかかわらず、カタルーニャ州は、独立運動の失敗以降、行き詰まりを続けている。独立派指導者の裁判が実施されているが、本稿では、高学歴のスペイン市民のカタルーニャ独立運動に対する見解、さらには欧州連合 (EU)の紛争への介入の役割に対する見解を調査する。EUの介入を望まなかった独立反対派は、欧州懐疑主義的な思想が最も低く、カタルーニャ独立を支持し、EUに紛争への介入を要求した人々がより高度な欧州懐疑主義を掲げたと考えられる。さらに、欧州懐疑主義的レベルが最も高度な集団は、EUの紛争介入に対して中立的な立場をとった独立推進派の支持者であったことも分かった。

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  • Andrea Wagner & Jianna Marin & Dorian Kroqi, 2019. "The Catalan struggle for independence and the role of the European Union," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 11(5), pages 787-803, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:rgscpp:v:11:y:2019:i:5:p:787-803
    DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12218
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