Carles Puigdemont Quotes
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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.
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The alternative to independence is decline, because the relationship with the Spanish state is not good; everyone knows that.
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The return to normality is a defeat for the terrorists.
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I express Catalonia's wish of being in the E.U. We'll see what happens.
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Sometimes one has to take on responsibilities that weren't those one imagined.
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If you're hungry, you know that you want to eat. You don't know what's on the menu - perhaps it's not your favorite dish - but you will eat.
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The welfare of Catalonia is only possible outside of Spain.
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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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If Madrid does not want an accord, and the majority of Catalans want an independent state, how can you avoid that?
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I don't believe there will be anyone who will use violence or who will want to provoke violence that will tarnish the irreproachable image of the Catalan independence movement as pacifist.
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We do not want to turn our back on Spain. It's the opposite. We are convinced that a relationship between equals will improve our relationship.
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As president, I have the right to call a referendum based on a law that the Catalan parliament has approved.
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The British people have the right to decide - have the right to decide whether or not they want to be part of the E.U. And I shouldn't interfere in this.
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The best leaders don't set timid and selfish goals but instead set bold targets that may be harder to achieve.
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Whoever doesn't want to hear our voice needs to see a political otolaryngologist.
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Spain's parties must steel themselves to do the sensible thing and treat the Catalonia issue with the seriousness it deserves.
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To me, the European Union says there is a charter that protects you; you have fundamental rights, and they are staying silent when they are violating my fundamental rights.
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It's very irresponsible to deny the reality of a problem to see whether it might stop existing.
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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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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.