Carles Puigdemont

Catalan politics emancipated from the Spanish politics on September 27, 2015. Since then, we've acted with a sovereign mentality, political sovereignty.

— Carles Puigdemont

With Rajoy, there is a taboo topic, which is the aspiration of Catalonia to decide its future.

— Carles Puigdemont

We're seeing a reaction - and people taking to the streets with pots and pans - in areas where the independence movement…

— Carles Puigdemont

We must have serious dialogue between Catalonia and the Spanish state on a referendum, on independence, and on how a separation from…

— Carles Puigdemont

In 2010, the Spanish constitutional court annulled a large part of the Catalan statute of autonomy negotiated between Catalonia and the previous…

— Carles Puigdemont

I express Catalonia's wish of being in the E.U. We'll see what happens.

— Carles Puigdemont

I don't believe there will be anyone who will use violence or who will want to provoke violence that will tarnish the…

— Carles Puigdemont

If Madrid does not want an accord, and the majority of Catalans want an independent state, how can you avoid that?

— Carles Puigdemont

Spain's constitution was introduced to cement democracy after Franco's dictatorship, but this government is exploiting its wording as a means to deny…

— Carles Puigdemont

The best leaders don't set timid and selfish goals but instead set bold targets that may be harder to achieve.

— Carles Puigdemont

The alternative to independence is decline, because the relationship with the Spanish state is not good; everyone knows that.

— Carles Puigdemont

Our plan is what the Scottish government had with the U.K. It's an agreement to consult over the independence of Catalonia. And…

— Carles Puigdemont

The welfare of Catalonia is only possible outside of Spain.

— Carles Puigdemont

If you're hungry, you know that you want to eat. You don't know what's on the menu - perhaps it's not your…

— Carles Puigdemont

They are very brave when they talk about other countries where they have no competencies, but where are they when we citizens…

— Carles Puigdemont

I could not disobey the will of the Catalan parliament.

— Carles Puigdemont

There's no alternative to Catalan independence.

— Carles Puigdemont

What is more important? What the members of a politicised tribunal say, or what the citizens vote for? For me, it is…

— Carles Puigdemont

How can we later criticise other countries outside the European Union for adopting such measures to repress opponents when we are tolerating…

— Carles Puigdemont

I think, in Spain, they are too used to reaching the limits of democracy and then stepping over them.

— Carles Puigdemont

Whoever doesn't want to hear our voice needs to see a political otolaryngologist.

— Carles Puigdemont

As president, I have the right to call a referendum based on a law that the Catalan parliament has approved.

— Carles Puigdemont

I don't want to go to prison... but there is nothing they can do to me that will make me stop this…

— Carles Puigdemont

The return to normality is a defeat for the terrorists.

— Carles Puigdemont

Sometimes one has to take on responsibilities that weren't those one imagined.

— Carles Puigdemont