As sympathies for Catalonia’s right to secession are growing stronger, things in Scandinavia are taking a different turn. Last week, the Danish parliament amended its constitution, reclaiming its control over Norway, the country Denmark used to rule over for three hundred years until 1814. Denmark’s new constitutional amendment establishes that Norway and Denmark again be one inseparable nation:
“The Constitution is based on the indissoluble unity of the Danish-Norwegian Nation, the common and indivisible homeland of all Danes and Norwegians.”
The amendment was finally implemented as Danish PM Lars Løkke Rasmussen called for a referendum in Norway on whether Norway again should be subjugated by Denmark.
The referendum on Norway’s dependence was organized last weekend by Danish police, who managed to set up voting stations all over Norway, despite massive resistance from Norwegian locals. The Danish parliament called the resistance reprehensible and undemocratic, since it violated the Danish Constitution.
As the Norwegian protests turned violent, several Danish cops were injured, leaving shocking imagery of Norwegians using abusive resistance towards the Danish police who peacefully forced them into voting booths.
The pictures of illegitimate Norwegian resistance are believed to give further fuel to the Danish unionists, who took to the streets of Copenhagen this week, demanding that Norway enter into a political union and peacefully accept sharing its $1 trillion oil fund with them.
The Danish unionists have been increasingly frustrated by Norway’s reluctance to even open talks about dependence. “We need to focus on what unites us” a protestor said. “We will stand up against the dark, divisive hate of the Norwegians. It is their hate that separates us and their oil fund”, she concluded.
Norwegian Declaration of Dependence expected soon
Although the voter turnout was less than 2 %, an overwhelming majority of 97 % voted for Norwegian dependence. PM Rasmussen will most likely stay loyal to the wishes of the Norwegian people and is expected to deliver a declaration of dependence in the coming days.
Norwegian PM Erna Solberg has strongly opposed the unification, and may face arrest for resisting a constitutionally legal referendum. She says Norway will never give up its right to self-determination. However, it is not believed she will get the necessary support from its key neighboring countries to stay independent, as Sweden has already declared its neutrality, calling it “an internal matter that needs to be resolved through peaceful dialogue within Denmark’s constitutional framework”.