- Politician | December 29, 1962 -
To me, the European Union says there is a charter that protects you; you have fundamental rights, and they are staying silent when they are violating my fundamental rights.
Carles Puigdemont
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European values, civil rights, freedom of speech, freedom of informatio,n and freedom of assembly are being violated by Spain's central government.
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He who calls a person a fascist for opposing independence is not only wrong but putting themselves on the same level as those who call us Nazis for wanting independence.
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All we want is to carry out the greatest expression of a free democracy and vote on Catalonia's future. This is not about independence: it is about fundamental civil rights and the universal right of self-determination.
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The best leaders don't set timid and selfish goals but instead set bold targets that may be harder to achieve.
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The welfare of Catalonia is only possible outside of Spain.
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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.
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As president, I have the right to call a referendum based on a law that the Catalan parliament has approved.
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How can we later criticise other countries outside the European Union for adopting such measures to repress opponents when we are tolerating this inside the European Union with European citizens? Like me - I'm a European citizen.
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The alternative to independence is decline, because the relationship with the Spanish state is not good; everyone knows that.
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I think, in Spain, they are too used to reaching the limits of democracy and then stepping over them.
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No Catalan citizen and no Catalan company will leave the E.U. That is evident, and nobody can dispute it.
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