SpearOfOrion
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It's 2040, Three years after the creation of the United States of Europe and Macron is the first President. The European economy, as a whole, is doing reasonably well. However, the people to the South, the country that was called Spain, still have high unemployment (19%) and their standard of living has not increased at the same rate as the rest of Euroland. They have been in recession for the last three years and public confidence is at rock bottom. The local government for the area has protested to Brussels but the official line is that ‘the European economy as a whole is at last starting to show signs of economic grow’. Before the local elections in the State of Spain the people feel isolated and frustrated. The newly formed Spanish Independent Nationalist Party (SIN) promises the people the return of their borders and a government that will fight for the interests of Spain and Spain alone. They win a landslide victory, capturing 63% of the vote. SIN approaches Brussels with a proposal to re-establish the old borders by 2012. The proposal is immediately rejected by the European Government. President Blair says that, “it would not be for the good of Europe”. The people start to protest on the streets of Madrid and Barcelona. The ruling Government of Europe is nervous about these “right wing extremists” and the civil unrest that they have created. As a temporary step they send in the European Army (EA) as a “peace keeping force”. The local Spanish population resents such a move and open hostility breaks out on the streets of Madrid……
