Brussels warned Catalonia on Friday that it would no longer be an EU member state if it becomes independent from Spain.
The warning came after Catalan separatist parties set November 2014 as the date in which an independence referendum will be held in the spanish north-east region of Catalonia. "Do you want Catalonia to be a state?" and "Do you want that state to be independent?" would be the two questions asked in the referendum.
But the Spanish government played down Catalan separatist hopes, as Spanish Justice Minister Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon said the vote could not take place because Spain's constitution would not allow it.
