I don’t believe there will be anyone who will use violence or who will want to provoke violence that will tarnish the irreproachable image of the Catalan independence movement as pacifist. Carles Puigdemont Read Quote
In 2010, the Spanish constitutional court annulled a large part of the Catalan statute of autonomy negotiated between Catalonia and the previous prime minister, Jose Luis Zapatero. This demolished one of the main agreements achieved during the Spanish transition to democracy – Catalonia’s recovery of self-governance. Carles Puigdemont Read Quote
Spain’s parties must steel themselves to do the sensible thing and treat the Catalonia issue with the seriousness it deserves. Carles Puigdemont Read Quote
We must have serious dialogue between Catalonia and the Spanish state on a referendum, on independence, and on how a separation from Spain – if that’s what the Catalan people choose – would be accomplished. Carles Puigdemont Read Quote
The British people have the right to decide – have the right to decide whether or not they want to be part of the E.U. And I shouldn’t interfere in this. Carles Puigdemont Read Quote
Our plan is what the Scottish government had with the U.K. It’s an agreement to consult over the independence of Catalonia. And we will not abandon this plan until the end. Carles Puigdemont Read Quote
To be honest, I am very worried about the possibility of the U.K. leaving the E.U. But of course, like in the case of Catalonia, we have to respect the right to decide of the British people on a relationship that part of the Brits consider is not satisfying enough. Carles Puigdemont Read Quote
