More sovereignty votes: Sunday referendum may see Venice elect to secede from Italy.

[dipsydoodle]

Voting begins Sunday on a referendum on whether Venice and its surrounding region should secede from the rest of Italy, in an attempt to restore its 1,000-year history as a sovereign republic.

La Serenissima — or the Most Serene Republic of Venice — was an independent trading power for a millennium before its last leader was deposed by Napoleon in 1797. The republic encompassed not just Venice but what is now the surrounding region of Veneto and it is there that the vote will take place from tomorrow until Friday.

Campaigners have been inspired by the example of Scotland, which will hold its referendum on independence in September, and Catalonia, where around half the population say they want to break away from Spain.

Activists say that the latest polling shows that 65% of voters in the Veneto region, which includes historic cities such as Treviso, Vicenza and Verona, are in favour of cutting ties with Rome.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/03/15/more-sovereignty-votes-sunday-referendum-may-see-venice-elect-to-secede-from-italy/

[jwirr]

1. Are we going back to city states?

[dipsydoodle]

2. Not that simple in within the EU.

Not sure if you understand EU rules or not. Venice will expect to become an EU member which doesn't follow because Italy would block a membership application and there is no appeal - only needs one single state to block an application. Spain would block it too due to similar issues in Catalonia.

Same applies to Scotland - not that the UK would block it but the other two above would be likely to to do so.

[jwirr]

3. Thanks because you are right I do not understand what is happening in that area right now.

[Swede Atlanta]

4. This kind of goes along with Texas and other southern states

that talk about secession........

So when you don't like how things are going rather than engage in dialogue about ideas and policy you just take your marbles and go home. How adult.