Bàrbara Roviró (M.A.)                (Bremen University)

How to Maintain Spain’s Unity? Stoking Fears Instead of Providing Arguments in the Face of Separatism in Catalonia

In this brief contribution I will first give a short introduction to the separatist movement in Catalonia and then take a look at the Spanish answer spread in the mass media. The involved stakeholders from both sides participate intensively in a social discourse making – not only when arguing about the recent development of the Catalan question, but also with regard to the frightening consequences the Catalan independence is supposed to entail.