{"id":26557,"date":"2017-10-07T14:41:57","date_gmt":"2017-10-07T19:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=26557"},"modified":"2017-10-07T14:42:47","modified_gmt":"2017-10-07T19:42:47","slug":"a-civil-war-is-coming-eu-commissioner-urges-madrid-barcelona-to-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=26557","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;A Civil War Is Coming&#8221; &#8211; EU Commissioner Urges Madrid &#038; Barcelona To Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-10-07\/civil-war-coming-eu-commissioner-urges-madrid-barcelona-talk\">&#8220;A Civil War Is Coming&#8221; &#8211; EU Commissioner Urges Madrid &amp; Barcelona To Talk<\/a><\/h3>\n<section class=\"node node-type-story node-full node-nid-604864\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<p><strong>The EU\u2019s budget commissioner has warned of the risk of \u201ccivil war\u201d in Catalonia, as fears grew over a looming independence declaration and major banks prepared to relocate their headquarters.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2017\/10\/03\/20171007_cat3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2017\/10\/03\/20171007_cat3_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With just 48 hours until Catalonia&#8217;s Parliament meets, defying Madrid, to debate secession, Gunther Oettinger, the Germany EU commissioner urged dialogue&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><em>&#8220;The position is very, very alarming. Civil war is conceivable there, in the middle of Europe,&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> he began.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201dOne can only hope that a conversation will be made between Madrid and Barcelona soon,\u201d <\/strong><\/em>he continued, adding that the EU could only mediate talks \u201cif asked.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2017\/10\/03\/20171007_cat2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2017\/10\/03\/20171007_cat2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The German commissioner\u2019s startling remarks<strong> prompted disquiet among EU diplomats<\/strong>. One told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/eu-official-warns-war-a-possibility-in-catalonia-\/4059202.html\">VOA <\/a>he thought the comments &#8220;<strong>nonsense<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What would Spain lose if Catalonia becomes independent?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2017\/10\/03\/20171007_cat.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2017\/10\/03\/20171007_cat.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Independence for Catalonia has been a long time coming&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2017\/10\/03\/20171007_cat1_0.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"1685\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/eu-official-warns-war-a-possibility-in-catalonia-\/4059202.html\"><em>As VOA reports<\/em><\/a>, Oettinger and the EU Commission, the European bloc\u2019s governing body, which fears Catalan independence might stir up separatism elsewhere in Europe, have<strong> also urged the authorities in Madrid and Barcelona to start negotiations and to avoid further provocations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;A Civil War Is Coming&#8221; &#8211; EU Commissioner Urges Madrid &amp; Barcelona To Talk The EU\u2019s budget commissioner has warned of the risk of \u201ccivil war\u201d in Catalonia, as fears grew over a looming independence declaration and major banks prepared to relocate their headquarters. 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