[cortesoft]

Are you saying that if someone living in Madrid wants to move to Barcelona, they have to request permission from the government?

I never mentioned the EU at all, I am not sure what you mean by that. Catalonia leaving Spain is an internal issue, not related to the EU. I am comparing Catalonia being a province of Spain to California being a state in the US.

[lsaferite]

They are saying that in this case US == EU, California == Spain, and Silicon Valley == Catalonia.