Separatism
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United Kingdom: ‘Cabinet crisis for Cameron as ministers break ranks over EU’
13 May 20135810PresseuropThe Guardian -
United Kingdom: Surge of the ‘fruitcakes’
6 May 20136618PresseuropThe Guardian -
Scotland: UK cashes in on independence fears
24 April 20136216PresseuropFinancial Times, The Herald -
Belgium: Wallonia on the way to renaissance
17 January 201320213 De Volkskrant Amsterdam -
Separatism: Keep calm and carry on
9 January 201328451 EUobserver.com Brussels -
2012 in cartoons: To each his own
31 December 201298 Le Vif/L’Express Brussels -
Northern Ireland: Belfast fury fails to flag
18 December 2012466PresseuropThe Belfast Telegraph -
Elections in Catalonia: Victory of the status quo
26 November 20126951 La Vanguardia Barcelona -
Regions: Towards the exit
22 October 201249 Trouw Amsterdam -
Spain: Basque elections up stakes for Rajoy
22 October 2012295PresseuropEl País, El Mundo -
Scotland: “Devo max” - the formula that could save the UK
13 January 201215425 The Guardian London -
Northern Ireland: Gordon Brown's “dramatic intervention”
26 January 2010PresseuropThe Belfast Telegraph -
Germany: BMWs ablaze in bobo Berlin
25 November 2009PresseuropFrankfurter Rundschau -
Spain: Basque weather map shrinks to fit
30 June 2009PresseuropEl Mundo
For a long time, Wallonia was considered the poor half of Belgium, reliant on aid from rich Flanders. Today, the Walloon economy is back on its feet and the Walloons want to seize their destiny and address the pressure from Flemish separatists. 
From Scotland’s membership of the EU should it split from the UK, to handling requests for military help to put down pro-independence movements, the recent rise in European secessionist spirit poses tricky questions for the Union. EU leaders should keep their cool, argues a Greek journalist. 
The early regional elections of November 25 marked a decline in the party of Catalonian President Artur Mas, which had focused on winning an absolute majority in order to organise a referendum on independence for the region. In the end, it was the ruling order which prevailed. 
While most Scots reject a complete break with the UK, they favour a form of autonomy which would include powers to raise their own taxes. The reluctant English should accept this, argue Simon Jenkins.