Spain’s separatist regions

Madrid’s plan to use Article 155 of its constitution to dissolve Catalonia’s parliament and directly administer the region could have a ripple effect on other separatist movements in Spain

BASQUE COUNTRY
Basque leaders want Basque Country and Catalonia to be allowed to hold legal referendum following negotiation with Madrid
Basque president Iñaki Urkullu says Article 155 is “disproportionate and extreme”

CATALONIA
Catalan government says referendum of Oct 1, which Spanish government has ruled illegal, gives mandate for independence
Madrid insists Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and his cabinet will be sacked

GALICIA
Bilbao
FRANCE 
ANDORRA
NAVARRE 
CATALONIA
Barcelona
Valencia
Palma
BALEARIC ISLANDS
Santiago de Compostela
Claimed by Basque separatists
BASQUE COUNTRY
Madrid
SPAIN
ANDALUSIA
Seville
VALENCIA
PORTUGAL

100km 
60 miles

GALICIA
Region with own identity, language and separatist strain Lack of economic development has slowed spread of Galician nationalism

CATALAN-SPEAKING REGIONS
Valencia and Balearic Islands, where variants of Catalan are spoken, have regionalist parties that demand better autonomy
Regional presidents of Valencia, Ximo Puig, and Balearic Islands, Francina Armengol (above), favour moving Spain towards federal system

Source: Deutsche Welle
Pictures: Getty Images, Balearic Islands Government © GRAPHIC NEWS