The Canary Islands are one of the remote, overseas territories, of the current Spanish state. As with most of the
projected changes here, as centralised states on the continent fail, their
overseas possessions will see no further use to be a part of these historical
colonial powers. Indeed this will be the long sought after decolonisation, which
so many on the left have advocated for. Which is another reason why it is so surprising
that the modern left is so resistant to the return of nationalism, when it is
the only way that such a decolonisation will occur. We saw a similar rise of
nationalism, particularly in Africa, during the 1960’s and 70’s waves of
decolonisation.
As well as the Canary Islands gaining full independence it therefore stands to reason that the African territories of Spain, in Cuta and
Melilla, will be returned to Morocco. It is surprising that more Europeans are
not in favour of this at the moment, given the great help it will give in easing
the migrant crisis, by not having an outpost of the EU on the continent.
This means that the Canary Islands
independence movement should now prevail, with no opposition to it. This will
leave a new nation made up of the Las Palmas and Santa Cruz d Tenerife
provinces, of the Canary Islands Autonomous Community, currently a part of Spain.
The flag of the nation is adopted from
the MPAIAC’s flag, who conducted an armed insurgency in the 1960’s to 70’s in
an attempt to gain independence for the islands.
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