Secessionists drawing inspiration from Scots
- Date September 13, 2014
Katrin Bennhold In Steenokkerzeel
For Kurt Ryon, the mayor of Steenokkerzeel, a Flemish village 16 kilometres north-east of Brussels, watching the Scottish independence campaign in the final days before the referendum is like watching a good game of soccer.
''They were losing for the first half and most of the second half,'' he said, ''but now we're in the 85th minute and they could be winning.''
Mr Ryon, who wants his native Flanders to split from Belgium, is rooting for Scotland to do the same from Britain.
From Catalonia to Kurdistan to Quebec, nationalist and separatist movements in Europe and beyond are watching the Scottish independence referendum closely - sometimes more so than Britons themselves, who seem to have only just woken up to the possibility Scotland might vote next Thursday to bring to an end a 307-year union. A curious collection of left and right, rich and poor, marginal and mainstream, these movements are united in the hope their shared ambition for more self-determination will get a lift from an independent Scotland.
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