an autonomous region of Catalonia

Growth of Catalan Separatism in the Context of Dissatisfaction with Regional Economic Autonomy

The article is devoted to reasons accentuating separatist sentiment in Catalonia at the beginning of the XXI century. At the beginning of the new century European separatism has a new meaning and became a major challenge for most of the multinational European states. The process of regionalization in Spanish national autonomies coincided with the economic difficulties caused by the financial crisis of 2008.