Carles Puigdemont Quotes
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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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Catalan citizens are peaceful, European, and open-minded. We want to contribute to better international and European governance.
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We show each day that we are prepared to act as an independence state... Not just in exceptional moments.
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Our plan is what the Scottish government had with the U.K. It's an agreement to consult over the independence of Catalonia. And we will not abandon this plan until the end.
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There's no alternative to Catalan independence.
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We cannot say no to what has already been approved by the citizens.
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I don't want to go to prison... but there is nothing they can do to me that will make me stop this referendum.
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To be honest, I am very worried about the possibility of the U.K. leaving the E.U. But of course, like in the case of Catalonia, we have to respect the right to decide of the British people on a relationship that part of the Brits consider is not satisfying enough.
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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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I express Catalonia's wish of being in the E.U. We'll see what happens.
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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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We must have serious dialogue between Catalonia and the Spanish state on a referendum, on independence, and on how a separation from Spain - if that's what the Catalan people choose - would be accomplished.
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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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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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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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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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The independence project in Catalonia is... a peaceful revolution, carried out in suit, shirt, and tie.
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With Rajoy, there is a taboo topic, which is the aspiration of Catalonia to decide its future.
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In a mature democracy, what is legal is decided by parliament... Our process is legitimised by parliament and by the ballot box.
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There is no button that you push and the next day you become independent.
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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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The welfare of Catalonia is only possible outside of Spain.
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Sometimes one has to take on responsibilities that weren't those one imagined.
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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.