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Re:Catalan parliament declares independence from Spain by gsnedders on Friday October 27, 2017 @10:38AM (#15568756)
> But their constitution wasn't written with modern times in mind.

1978 really wasn't that long ago. I'd call 1978 modern times!

Re:Catalan parliament declares independence from Spain by kobeya on Friday October 27, 2017 @12:48PM (#15570062)
It was coming out of a fascist dictatorship at the height of the Cold War. I’d say the context was pretty far removed from the modern EU, even if it was in living memory.
Re:Catalan parliament declares independence from Spain by tomjen3 on Friday October 27, 2017 @02:18PM (#15570908)
Counterpoint: it is only a year after their facist dictator died: Germany in 45 and 95 were very different places.
Re:Catalan parliament declares independence from Spain by kgwgk on Friday October 27, 2017 @03:45PM (#15571598)
1978-1975=3