The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, has once again put the Brexit as an example of what the independence of Catalonia would mean. It is not the first time he does so lamenting that "someone could make believe that you can declare independence and the next day rise as a republic" taking into account the difficulties involved in the separation of a country that already had its own independence , as is the United Kingdom. "It is almosta a 'fake news'", he opined, before shaming President Torra the "false criticism" that preaches the world presenting Spain as "the worst" in terms of democratic quality and protection of rights and freedoms .
Speaking to Onda Cero, Borrell has put the Brexit as an example of what would be a "catalexit", that is, the effective independence of Catalonia. "This kind of experiment in making referendums to separate without knowing what the consequences are, leads to situations like these," he warned, referring to the difficulties that the UK's orderly departure from the EU is causing. The fact that the agreement between Theresa May and the Union has been overturned by the British Parliament leaves things complicated for the Brexit to end with an agreement.
Regrets that "someone could make believe that you can declare independence and the next day rise as a republic" taking into account the difficulties that Brexit is entailing.
The minister has indicated that, "if there is no agreement and nobody wants to leave without agreement, we are in a dead end" and that in any case "can only be settled with a postponement". But the fact that there is no hard Bréxit does not only depend on Mrs. May, she commented, so "it will depend on what she proposes and if the other party accepts it or not".
Borrell explained that there is a feeling of "tiredness" in the EU with this issue, that "we must be prepared so that there be no agreement" because "this can not last forever". He himself, as he explained, devotes "half the time" to this issue since taking office, to an issue that "is a matter of the past" and that "does not help to build the Europe of the future."
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"If there is no agreement and nobody wants it to come out without an agreement, we are in a dead end"
Putting the Brexit as a mirror of what independence would mean, the minister wanted to show the "complexity that exists in separating a country that shares only the financial flows and people with the EU, which is not little". So how is it possible that "someone can make you believe that you can declare independence and the next day stand up as a republic. It is almost a 'fake news' ".
For Borrell, the Catalan question is a "problem of Spain that has international consequences" as evidenced by the fact that "I spend the day litigating in the world the permanent false criticism of Mr. Torra regarding our country, presenting Spain as the worst in terms of freedoms and human rights. "
"I spend the day pleading in the world the permanent false criticism of Mr. Torra regarding our country, presenting Spain as the worst in terms of freedoms and human rights "
Faced with this way of acting of the Government, the Minister of Foreign Affairs has insisted that "the first thing that the Catalan independence movement has to do is recognize the other party", so it has rejected that the Torra Executive can speak on behalf of of the "poble català" (Catalan people), because "when someone identifies half for the whole, it excludes the other part". According to Borrell, "Torra does not have the right to go around the world saying that he represents the people of Catalonia" because he only "represents the Government of Catalonia".
"Have you ever heard Sanchez say that he represents the people of Spain? No. Represents the Government of Spain", he made the comparison. Because if he did, he would be excluding that part of the people that has not voted for him or would believe that everyone has voted for him. In the case of Catalonia, "the problem is not so much between Catalonia and the rest of Spain but between Catalans," he commented, and "must be resolved with the Constitution."
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