Bretons?? I had no idea that they were even considering seeking independence or separation from metropolitan France.

Now as far as Spain goes we do have separatist movements in Galicia, the Basque region and in Catalonia where apparently the Spanish Guarda Civil, specially bussed in from elsewhere in Spain are firing rubber bullets at civilians who are trying to vote.

The problem the EU has David is that should any of these regions gain independence then they automatically find themselves OUT of the EU. The EU requires large tax paying entities such as Spain, France, Italy to bankroll the EU's schemes so that is who the EU supports in these instances. In the recent Scottish Independence referendum the EU position was the UK is a member state if you opt to leave the UK then you are no longer a member of the EU - same applies to the Spanish regions - oh and the Bretons if ever they should decide to part brass-rags and become independent from France.