Andreas Unterberger

Austrian journalist & blogger, Board of Directors of the Hayek Institute

“Can a province, a Bundesland, a region declare itself independent? From Scotland to the Basque Country, Europe will be confronted with this basic question in the near future. If we take democracy seriously, we can only come to one conclusion: if regions really want to leave the state they belong to and they are ready to pay the costs for it, then it should be possible for them to do this. Otherwise it’s pure colonialism and imperialism.”18.02.14