Nationalists have won a majority on the island, but they are not calling for independence from France.
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The referendum in Spain and administrative changes in France have given the Northern Catalans pause.
Spain could have used Britain’s exit from the EU to bargain for a new settlement for Gibraltar but vows not to.
Donetsk and Luhansk are unlikely to form a new country. The rest of Ukraine might be better off if they did.
The populist Movement for the Future of Curaçao will likely be kept out of power.
With Britain on the way out, there is no reason for other EU nations to push back against Spanish irredentism.
The Dutch government overrules the interim government of Curaçao, insisting that elections go forward.
Russian warships sail past Ceuta this time, but its ambiguous NATO status makes it a popular port of call.
Mariano Rajoy tells his British counterpart Spain would block a special arrangement for the peninsula.
The separatist republics are in ruins and its people’s minds have been poisoned by Russian propaganda.