The Uruguayan parliament receives the Catalan government to talk about the independence of Catalonia

Since Denmark approved a motion on the Catalans’ right to decide, now it is an American parliament, that of Uruguay, that has shown interest in the process of Catalonia’s independence. The Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Roger Albinyana, today appeared with the secretary general of the Diplocat, Albert Royo, before the Commission for International Affairs of the Uruguayan Parliament. The purpose of the meeting, which was requested by the legislative chamber of the American country, was to get first-hand information on the Catalan sovereigntist process, the reasons for it and the stages following the 27-S elections. During the appearance, which lasted more than an hour and which was attended by members of all of the parties of the Uruguayan parliamentary arc, secretary Albinyana highlighted the plebiscitary and exceptional nature of the forthcoming polls.

Royo went over some of the most important events of recent years which have led up to this moment, and talked about the ‘democratic, peaceful and integrating’ nature of the Catalan sovereigntist movement. The secretary general of the Diplocat gave the forthcoming national day, the ‘Diada’, as an example, during which he predicted that hundreds of thousands of people will demonstrate ‘peacefully’ in Barcelona in defence of the independence of Catalonia.

After the parliamentary appearance, Albinyana and Royo held a private meeting with the president of the parliament, Alejandro Sánchez, who, according to the Catalan government, also showed interest in the Catalan political process.
In the past May, the Danish parliament, the ‘Floketing’, discussed and approved a motion wagering on peaceful and democratic dialogue between Catalonia and the Spanish State on the independence of Catalonia. Denmark was the first state in Europe to come down on this question.

Once Denmark had broken down the Spanish diplomatic wall, it was the turn of Ireland. In July the ‘Oireachtas’, the Irish parliament, received a delegation from the Government of Catalonia to gain first-hand information on the independence process.