Monem's Europe News

"Catalan President's Message to Europe." BBC, 22 Oct. 2017, www.bbc.com/news/av/
     world-europe-41711763/catalan-president-s-message-to-europe. Accessed 6
     Nov. 2017.

This video, by the president of Catalonia, was a plea to the rest of Europe to recognize Catalonia as an independent nation by drawing connections in values to other Europeans. Catalonia is/was a province of Spain of which has been fighting for its independence from Spain. Catalonia identifies more as an independent region, because of their various culture differences, such as a different language. According to Catalonia, they are independent of Spain, but Spain's central government, in Madrid, has been doing everything possible to deny their exit. For Spain, it would be the equivalent of the United States losing the state of New York, it would have severe effects on the economy. This video, beside taking place in Europe, also related to the topic of recognizing a nation as a nation that we learned in class. As discussed in class, if no one recognizes a country as a country, then nothing can be done with that country in terms of global connections and trade. As simple as it may sound, the Catalan President was appealing to Europe's government's to recognize Catalonia as an independent nation so they can sever their ties with Spain and the Spanish government. For the Spanish government, it would be in their best interest that this video is ignored and no other country recognizes Catalonia as a country.