Why did the International Community not recognize the Government of Catalonia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence?

Stéphane Maurice Dion[1] PC (born 28 September 1955) is a Canadian diplomat, political scientist, and former politician who has been the Canadian ambassador to Germany and special envoy to the European Union since May 2017. Dion was Minister of Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from 2015 until he was shuffled out of Cabinet in 2017. He was also the Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons from 2006 to 2008.


Speech delivered by Stéphane Dion at the European University Institute, Florence, Italy, October 2018

Former Sponsor of the Clarity Act, House of Commons, Canada


High Level Policy Dialogue - A transnational approach to the Catalan case
The High-Level Policy Dialogue, co-organised by the School of Transnational Governance at the European University Institute (EUI) and Globernance (The Institute for Democratic Governance), aims to foster a process of deliberation by bringing together intellectuals, policy-makers and private actors from diverse areas regarding the Catalan case. To contribute to this discussion, the High-Level Policy Dialogue will also seek to draw from previous experiences in similar cases, by engaging relevant European and global actors in the discussion. The Dialogue focusses on procedural elements, rather than a review of past events.


http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Portal/es/SalaDePrensa/Multimedia/Documents/CATALU%C3%91A%20DION.PDF

https://www.eui.eu/events/detail?eventid=148989