People Before Profit Cllrs Shaun Harkin and Eamonn Eamonn McCann said,
“The decision to imprison the political leadership for giving effect to the democratic will of the Catalan people will inevitably backfire on Spain. There is now only one possible route that the Catalan nation can follow. If Catalonia is to survive and to protect its institutions and culture, it must now become an independent state in the form of a republic. We will never back down.” –
Carles Puigdemont, former president of Catalonia.
Council stands in solidarity with the people of Catalonia in their democratic demand for self-determination and independence.
Council demands Spanish authorities end violence and criminalisation directed at the peaceful Catalan struggle for justice and immediately rescind jail sentences imposed by the Spanish Supreme Court on Catalan representatives.
Council calls on the European Union to ends its silence and complicity with the Spanish government’s violent repression, denial of democratic rights and, now, imprisonment of Catalan leaders.
Council will invite a Catalan representative for a presentation to Council.
