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> could a kind soul from that region that knows the situation better enlighten me
They couldn't. It's liek if an outsider would try to judge Romanian-Hungarian relations based on what both of us say. We are right ofc.
To be honest Catalonia's population is pretty mixed, others live there all over from Spain. And when they hold referendums, even tho the vast majority of participants vote for leaving (90%) it doesn't mean much since only those vote who care about the issue: the Catalans. But the others from other Spanish communities don't. This is how you get that 40% number. Catalans would leave, all the others living there don't care, their life wouldn't change much since Catalonia would be EU country just the same, it's like they were in Portugal or France, they would work in Catalonia and live their cozy life the same as if it still was Spain.