HomeAnalysis-Catalonia’s economic muscle weakened five years after separatist bidFILE PHOTO: Catalan pro-independence supporters hold a giant Catalan separatist

FILE PHOTO: Catalan pro-independence supporters hold a giant Catalan separatist

FILE PHOTO: Catalan pro-independence supporters hold a giant "estelada" (Catalan separatist flag) during a demonstration called "Via Lliure a la Republica Catalana" (Way of Freedom for the Republic of Catalonia) on the "Diada de Catalunya" (Catalunya's National Day) in Barcelona, Spain, September 11, 2015. REUTERS/Albert Gea/File Photo/File Photo