The Spanish prime minister and the Catalan
president will meet in Madrid on July 9
Indipendent prosess according to news from the Spain Catalonia seek freedom from the Spain government in Madrid
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said the
debate about the future of Catalonia will likely
outlast his administration and will require “a lot
of dedication, generosity and time.”
In a joint interview with the Guardian , Le Monde
and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the
prime minister reiterated previous comments
that his immediate focus was on reducing
tension following last year’s illegal independence
referendum held by the pro-independence
Catalan regional government, which Madrid used
harsh tactics to suppress.
Catalan President Quim Torra told reporters in
Washington on Wednesday his “first request”
to Sánchez will be for the prime minister to
agree an independence referendum for the
autonomous region. The leaders will meet in
Madrid on July 9.
“At last someone sits at our table,” Torra said,
adding that Catalonia’s “right to self-
determination” would be the dominant theme of
their discussions. “If we don’t want to tackle the
issue, these meetings don’t make much sense.”
The Catalan president’s five-day visit to
Washington is part of his efforts to promote
Catalonia’s independence cause internationally.
But Sánchez has repeatedly said that self-
determination is not the way froward for
Catalonia as it would only divide the region
further.
“There’s one bloc — which isn’t a majority —
that backs pro-independence parties,” Sánchez
said, according to the Guardian. “I think that
what the majority of Catalan society wants is a
relationship between its distinct region and the
rest of the country.”
The prime minister said Catalan leaders should
respect the country’s unity and its laws but
indicated he was open to revising the powers of
Spain’s central and regional governments “once
temperatures had cooled [down].”
Speaking ahead of a European Council summit in
Brussels, Sánchez also said that Europe needed
“a shared response to a shared challenge,”
referring to the migration crisis which has
divided EU leaders. Earlier this month, Sánchez
ordered Spain to “offer a safe port to the people
on board” a rescue ship which had been
stranded in the Mediterranean for several days
with more than 600 people on board after both
Italy and Malta refused to let the vessel dock in
their ports.
president will meet in Madrid on July 9
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said the
debate about the future of Catalonia will likely
outlast his administration and will require “a lot
of dedication, generosity and time.”
In a joint interview with the Guardian , Le Monde
and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the
prime minister reiterated previous comments
that his immediate focus was on reducing
tension following last year’s illegal independence
referendum held by the pro-independence
Catalan regional government, which Madrid used
harsh tactics to suppress.
Catalan President Quim Torra told reporters in
Washington on Wednesday his “first request”
to Sánchez will be for the prime minister to
agree an independence referendum for the
autonomous region. The leaders will meet in
Madrid on July 9.
“At last someone sits at our table,” Torra said,
adding that Catalonia’s “right to self-
determination” would be the dominant theme of
their discussions. “If we don’t want to tackle the
issue, these meetings don’t make much sense.”
The Catalan president’s five-day visit to
Washington is part of his efforts to promote
Catalonia’s independence cause internationally.
But Sánchez has repeatedly said that self-
determination is not the way froward for
Catalonia as it would only divide the region
further.
“There’s one bloc — which isn’t a majority —
that backs pro-independence parties,” Sánchez
said, according to the Guardian. “I think that
what the majority of Catalan society wants is a
relationship between its distinct region and the
rest of the country.”
The prime minister said Catalan leaders should
respect the country’s unity and its laws but
indicated he was open to revising the powers of
Spain’s central and regional governments “once
temperatures had cooled [down].”
Speaking ahead of a European Council summit in
Brussels, Sánchez also said that Europe needed
“a shared response to a shared challenge,”
referring to the migration crisis which has
divided EU leaders. Earlier this month, Sánchez
ordered Spain to “offer a safe port to the people
on board” a rescue ship which had been
stranded in the Mediterranean for several days
with more than 600 people on board after both
Italy and Malta refused to let the vessel dock in
their ports.
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