- Politician | December 29, 1962 -
I could not disobey the will of the Catalan parliament.
Carles Puigdemont
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What is more important? What the members of a politicised tribunal say, or what the citizens vote for? For me, it is clear.
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They are very brave when they talk about other countries where they have no competencies, but where are they when we citizens need them? Is Europe's solution to Catalans to turn its back?
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Whoever doesn't want to hear our voice needs to see a political otolaryngologist.
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The independence project in Catalonia is... a peaceful revolution, carried out in suit, shirt, and tie.
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Catalan politics emancipated from the Spanish politics on September 27, 2015. Since then, we've acted with a sovereign mentality, political sovereignty.
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There's no alternative to Catalan independence.
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There's a serious and worrying return to the fall of democracy in Spain, and it's not just us who are realising that.
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A lot of people are angry about the democratic abuses that have been committed by the Spanish government.
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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.
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Catalan citizens are peaceful, European, and open-minded. We want to contribute to better international and European governance.
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Spain's constitution was introduced to cement democracy after Franco's dictatorship, but this government is exploiting its wording as a means to deny us our right to vote.
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