Laws could be changed to allow a referendum if needed.
But yes, the simplest course would have been to just ignore the vote as illegal, and point out the simple fact that it's meaningless because the other side doesn't see it as legitimate.
Police violence is insanely stupid and completely unnecessary. Catalonia was not about to secede violently.
Donbass and Crimea are not analogical, those were hostile takeovers by a foreign army.
Last edited by Itse; 10-01-2017 at 12:41 PM.
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