Juncker says Catalan split would lead to splintering EU


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  • Friday, 13 Oct 2017

A man with a Spanish flag draped around his shoulders dances with a woman during Spain's National Day in Fuengirola, Spain October 12, 2017. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker said on Friday he did not want Catalonia to become independent, because that would encourage other regions to do the same, making the European Union ungovernable.

"If we allow Catalonia -- and it is not our business -- to separate, others will do the same. I do not want that," Jean Claude Juncker said in a speech at Luxembourg University.

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