Catalonia is NOT alone: Mapped - the other European regions desperate for independence

In the 2017 edition of its annual TransformingWorld
Atlas, Bank of America Merrill Lynch illustrates the
growing secessionist movement across the continent.
The report says: "Many areas in Europe have strong
secessionist movements (e.g. Scotland, Catalonia,
Basque, Flanders, Veneto) or have political parties
agitating for greater ruling autonomy.”
The map highlights just how many areas want total
independence - along with those seeking a bit more
autonomy, but not a total split.
Those demanding separation - featured in bold on the
map - include Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and
Cornwall in the UK.
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The map highlights just how many areas want total
independence
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And other popular tourist destinations hoping to break
away include Brittany in France, Bavaria in Germany,
Northern Cyprus and Sardinia in Italy.
Others hoping to achieve a bit more power - shown in
italics on the amp - include Normandy in France, the
Orkney Islands in the UK, and Bornholm in Denmark.
But it’s not just in Europe where independence bids
are prominent.
There are currently more than 100 secessionist
movements across the globe, including four in the
Philippines, eight in Myanmar, and several dozen in
Africa.
Scotland independence campaigners are calling for a
second referendum
Brexit is certainly one of the biggest political events of
recent decades
The UK’s vote to leave the European Union is certainly
one of the biggest political events of the last few
decades.
And the vote seems to have sparked a seismic chain
of events, prompting some commentators to suggest
other nations could follow Britain out of the bloc over
the coming years.
While in Catalonia, a northern region of Spain,
independence campaigners are not fighting to leave
the bloc but separate from their nation entirely.
Catalonia was an independent region of the Iberian
Peninsula with its own language, laws and customs -
until the 1700s when modern day Spain was born.
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But now campaigners hope for a return to autonomy,
with thousands voting in an “illegal” referendum on
October 1.
Catalonia's leader plans to declare independence from
Spain unilaterally after holding a banned referendum,
pushing the European Union nation towards a rupture
that threatens the foundations of its young democracy.
But Spain's Constitutional Court on Thursday
suspended the session of the Catalan parliament due
next Monday at which local leaders were expected to
agree on secession.
Spanish riot police used truncheons and rubber bullets
on voters in the referendum on Sunday, drawing
worldwide criticism and tipping Spain into its biggest
constitutional crisis in decades.
And in Scotland, where independence campaigners are
vociferously calling for a second referendum on
splitting from the rest of the UK after the first vote
was rejected in 2014.

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