Comments by "ThatDutchguy" (@thatdutchguy2882) on "Belgium rules out Puigdemont extradition to Spain" video.
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NFSCompetizione I think Prime-Minister Charles Michelle was pretty clear yesterday on it "not being a Belgian problem" he's definitely going to extradite him as soon as the Belgian Judge gives him the go ahead.
Carles Puigdemont is in my eyes is a huge flight risk, he's already proven to be and he (like Charles Michelle knows) can become an problem for the Kingdom of Belgium because NVA members are using the Catalan Coup d'etat attempt as a pretence for their own Flamish independence case to do the same in Belgium.
Carles Puigdemont hasn't landed in Brussel by accident, and not for the reasons he's stating on "it being the capital of the EU", sure it's part of it, but definitely not the main reason he went there,....it's pure blackmail on his part.
He can from there blackmail the EU on being soft on him or he'll make more trouble than he already has, he can blackmail the Belgian state by being an inspiration to Flamish separatist aswell, so do what he wants, or "I'll make trouble for you too", and he gets to control the message of his Coup d'etat attempt and subsequent flight and paint himself as "the lone hero" that has "the big bad wolf of Spain" to deal with. (David vs Goliath;)
So, don't oppose him in his illegitimate coup d'etat attempt or he'll make sure you look like a baddy helping the evil state of Spain, all ludicrous of course, hence he's using a combination of blackmail and trying to control the message from the temporarily safe zone of Brussel via the media.
No, he's made too many enemies and not only in Spain, I'll be surprised if he didn't get extradited to face a court in Madrid within a 100 day's from now. (and rightfully so, i might add)
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NFSCompetizione You forgot to take into account that the ETA was widely hated (even in the Basque territories on both the French and Spanish side, different times too back then) and a full on terrorist organisation that never had a real support base to get anywhere but didn't have the potential opponent the Catalan face today either,...the EU and Belgian political parties among a great many others.
Jean Claude Junker was very clear in his stance, he had no desire to see the members states fragment into even smaller one's, that sentiment is echoed in all member states by all concerned governments off said state's, but beyond that as well, even the leaving UK has very clearly condemned this move from Carles Puigdemont and the manner in which he did this. (of course they're afraid of the SNP and Nicola Sturgeon;)
Now you might think that the 38% of the Catalan's that actually voted were all for independence, but they weren't, it's a very fragmented scene even among the Catalan separatist from whom a large part don't approve of Carles Puigdemont, they couldn't give two sh**s if he stood trial in Madrid, it's the Catalan context they're worried about not him.
Again, he's made too many enemies and is still provoking more trouble, I'd be super surprised if he wasn't infront of a Judge in Madrid within a 100 day's from now, even the Mayor of Barcelona is disappointed in him, too few and fragmented friends but way to many powerful and organised enemies, he really needs to amp up the rhetoric if he's even to stay relevant to the Catalans and their cause, but it's easy to slip up one's you do and you'd make even more enemies.
Don't forget Madrid has a few cards it can play,....it can go to a federal system, an idea thats not only popular in other Spanish regions but would severly cripple the Catalan separatist movement as a whole permanently because, it's a popular idea among the silent majority of Catalans aswell even among a sizeable amout of "separatist", again leaving Carles Puigdemont's butt in the wind, open for prosecution in Madrid without anybody batting an eye. (The PP and Madrid will have its pound of flesh)
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