Catalonia and the issue of secession

– Secession within EU amounts to fiscal devolution – Spain is already among the most fiscally decentralised states, which makes Catalonia’s secession less consequential in fiscal terms – Catalonia’s secession, if it were to happen, would have to be unilateral rather than consensual, given the central government’s strong opposition – A legitimacy test or legitimacy crisis, meaning a conflict of the public wills of the central and secessionist