Spain's inaction on Catalonia surprises the world - VilaWeb https://english.vilaweb.cat/noticies/spains-inaction-surprises-the-world/feed/ Fri, 11 Nov 2022 11:01:50 +0000 ca hourly 1 Spain’s inaction on Catalonia surprises the world https://english.vilaweb.cat/noticies/spains-inaction-surprises-the-world/ Mon, 21 Oct 2019 07:33:00 +0000 Three calls, zero answers. Catalan president Quim Torra called Spain’s acting president Pedro Sánchez three times over the weekend but was unable to speak to Sánchez. The only answer from the Spanish government is that Torra must unequivocally condemn the violence that has taken place throughout Catalonia, which he already did on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Spanish interior minister described the unrest in Catalonia as a “strictly public order problem” and not a political problem.

Several international media have stressed the fact that Spain “dismisses” again the Catalan calls for dialogue after a week of protests:

Spain’s inaction and incapacity to tackle the Catalan issue, offering a political solution to what is obviosly a huge political problem, comes from afar. In June 2017, the think tank of German chancellor Angela Merkel’s party already stated that “the situation in Catalonia is a political challenge that cannot be solved only by appealing to existing constitutional laws and regulations” (PDF in German).

More recently, Merkel showed concern about the political crisis between Catalonia and Spain during the European Popular Party meeting in Brussels last Thursday. “What’s happening in Catalonia?”, Merkel asked Spanish PP leader Pablo Casado. “In Spain we have the rule of law”, he answered according to various Spanish media.

 

 

 

 

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