Catalan Election - Business Insider

The Spanish region of Catalonia had an election today, which was seen as a quasi-referendum on independence, which is an aspiration of many in the wealthy Spanish region.

The basic gist is that pro-separatist parties did well, but the main party, which had run on a platform of moving forth with a real independence referendum, did very poorly.

That subtlety is resulting in very different takes across media.

For example, Reuters declares that the separatists had a big day.

FT declares that the region took a step towards independence, and that it's a major blow to Rajoy.

And WSJ declares that voters also strongly endorsed autonomy.

Now compares that to big Spanish media. It's instead focusing on how the election was a disaster for the main party, lead by Artur Mas, which lead votes.

Here's El Pais.

El Mundo also focuses on Artur Mas losing seats.

The website ABC.es declare: Mas's Challenge Fails, Spain Wins.

Note that it's not just national media declaring it a Mas defeat.

Regional media is seeing it the similarly.

Here's Catalan-based LaVanguardia.com, declaring it a hard setback for Artur Mas.

Here's another Catalan outlet, declaring a "stumble" for Mas.

So the world sees a strong showing for separatists overall, while Spanish media focuses on Mas's specific setbacks.

Either way, it may be awhile before the political ramifications totally shake out, and it's unclear yet what this means for Spanish PM Rajoy, and whether he has the political capital to ask for a bailout.

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/catalan-election-2012-11

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