  Catalonia’s election  Trouble ahead  The ruling party does
badly, but is heading for more clashes with Madrid  See article
Readers' comments   Michael James Blair  Humiliation? Please,
don't lie about Catalonia. I thought 'The Economist' was a
serious magazine.  2/3 of the New Parliament is for the
Independence, and most of Catalan People Too!  romulo in reply
to Michael James Blair  Pull the other one, it's got bells on.
You count UDC as pro-independence when in fact it is against, so
really you just have 21 + 37 + (maybe) 3 as outright
secessionists. Less than half.  You know perfectly well that the
catalans will NOT vote for independence if it means leaving the
EU.  So don't try convincing people otherwise, at least not on
this site; you haven't a chance of success.  Juan Galofre  I
would thank the economist would base a reporter in Catalonia to
write about its situation. Otherwise a title for the article
like "Trouble ahead for Spanish p.m. Mariano Rajoy" would be
more appropiate.   Does the anonymous