Baku-APA. A Catalan official has called on Brussels to urge the Spanish government to get talks started on Catalonia’s independence, APA reports quoting Press TV.
The EU must apply “gentle, constructive pressure … [on Spain] to find ways to open a political dialog” over the region’s future, Amadeu Altafaj, Catalan’s permanent representative to the European Union, said on Thursday.
Altafaj criticized the Spanish government for "systematically refusing" the right of the Catalan people to determine the political future of their country through dialog.
He called on Spanish authorities to show "rationality and goodwill" and treat the issue of Catalonia’s independence "without any red lines.”
The national Catalan independence movement supports the independence of Catalonia from Spain.
On January 23, 2013, Catalonia’s parliament approved a declaration of sovereignty signaling a referendum to separate the northern region from Spain.
“In accordance with the will democratically expressed by the majority of the people of Catalonia, the Parliament of Catalonia agrees to initiate the process to exercise the right to decide so that the citizens of Catalonia may decide their collective political future,” the declaration states.
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