It’s very irresponsible to deny the reality of a problem to see whether it might stop existing. Carles Puigdemont Read Quote
With Rajoy, there is a taboo topic, which is the aspiration of Catalonia to decide its future. Carles Puigdemont Read Quote
If you’re hungry, you know that you want to eat. You don’t know what’s on the menu – perhaps it’s not your favorite dish – but you will eat. Carles Puigdemont Read Quote
We do not want to turn our back on Spain. It’s the opposite. We are convinced that a relationship between equals will improve our relationship. Carles Puigdemont Read Quote
We show each day that we are prepared to act as an independence state… Not just in exceptional moments. Carles Puigdemont Read Quote
I don’t want to go to prison… but there is nothing they can do to me that will make me stop this referendum. Carles Puigdemont Read Quote
If Madrid does not want an accord, and the majority of Catalans want an independent state, how can you avoid that? Carles Puigdemont Read Quote
Sometimes one has to take on responsibilities that weren’t those one imagined. Carles Puigdemont Read Quote
As president, I have the right to call a referendum based on a law that the Catalan parliament has approved. Carles Puigdemont Read Quote
We’re seeing a reaction – and people taking to the streets with pots and pans – in areas where the independence movement isn’t supposed to exist. People have to choose between one model and another. Everyone in Catalonia has realised that not taking part means ratifying the politics of repression of the Spanish government. Carles Puigdemont Read Quote
