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

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

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

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We're seeing a reaction - and people taking to the streets with pots and pans - in areas where the independence movement isn't supposed…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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