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Democracy must be defended everywhere

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By George Kerevan on Tue, 13/12/2016 - 15:58
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Democracy is indivisible in Europe and must be defended everywhere. That is why members of the UK Parliament, from four political parties, have signed a motion in solidarity with the President of the Catalan Parliament, Carme Forcadell, criticising her prosecution by Spanish authorities for allowing a debate on an independence referendum in Catalonia. Our motion, supported by SNP, Labour, Welsh and Northern Ireland MPs, calls on the Madrid government to reconsider Ms Forcadell’s prosecution and instead seek a democratic dialogue with Catalan representatives.

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Catalan Views is the opinion blog of the Catalan News Agency (CNA), which is the English service of the Agència Catalana de Notícies (ACN), Catalonia's public news agency. Catalan Views is an open and plural tribune for the main voices of the Catalan society. This blog is a platform to express their views and opinions on a wide range of topics. It aims to foster debate and to improve the understanding towards the Catalan reality and the plurality of its society.

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Inés Arrimadas
Ciutadans' candidate
Andrew Davis
Delegation of the Government of Catalonia to the US, Canada and Mexico
Miquel Iceta
PSC's candidate
Xavier García Albiol
PPC's candidate
Amadeu Altafaj
Permanent Representative of the Catalan Government to the EU
Roger Albinyana
Secretary for Foreign and European Union Affairs
Alex Calvo
Guest Professor at Nagoya University
Marc Sanjaume
Postdoctoral Researcher at UQÀM (Montreal)
Toni Strubell
Former Catalan Parliament Member
Francina Esteve
International Public Law and European Law Professor (UdG)
Peter Luykx
New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) MP
Democracy is on trial in Spain
Oriol Junqueras
Vice President of the Catalan Government
Either Democracy or Democracy

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