"Catalonia is back"

There was a time when it was said, with a sum of insulting superiority complexes, that Africa began at the Pyrenees, because two dictatorships existed in Spain and Portugal. Those of us who remember having to stand in line with the Spanish passport with the Francoist eagle while other passengers passed through the queue for European Union countries know the improvement in our political dignity that being able to acquire European citizenship meant thanks to democracy. And even now, despite all the community disappointments, it is easy to notice a surge of emotion when the bell rings. Song of joy of the Novena by Beethoven.

But even though Catalonia is a very old European nation, the EU is a club of states and speaks in Catalonia with regional condescension. "It's a return, which has once again actively contributed to the stability and growth of Spain."

Unfortunate words. Catalonia has never stopped actively contributing to the stability and growth of Spain. And, in fact, it contributes far beyond the needs of the Catalan people. And, usually, it's repaid with Catalanophobia. And leaving, it hasn't gone anywhere. See that the message isn't that without Spain, Catalonia is a non-place. It's painful for a country that already had a European consciousness when the issuers of Francoist passports demonstrated in Plaza de Oriente with their arms raised, insulting Europe.