A Majority for Catalan Independence

The Associated Press reports candidates favorable to independence have won a 72 seat majority in the regional parliament. The voting happened earlier today in the northeast region of Spain.

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's ruling Popular Party government says it will use all legal means to prevent Catalonia from breaking away, an exit European leaders have warned would include ejection from the European Union despite claims by secession supporters that a way may be found for an independent Catalonia to stay.

What fun. Now to learn how contagious the independence "bug" really is. Will the Scots give it another try? Maybe the Flemish? The Tuscans?