NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DISTANCE EDUCATION MASTER’S FINAL DISSERTATION MASTER IN EUROPEAN UNION SPECIALISATION: MULTILEVEL EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS 2016 LEGAL AND POLITICAL ANALYSIS OF AN INDEPENDENT CATALONIA WITHIN THE EUROPEAN UNION Author: José Antonio Torres Martínez Director: Cristina Elías Méndez Subject: The Role of the Regions in the European Union System of Multi-Level Governance