Back Quote by Carles Puigdemont

Catalan citizens are peaceful, European, and open-minded. We want to contribute to better international and European governance.

— Carles Puigdemont

I think that what the majority of Catalan society wants is a relationship between its distinct region and the rest of the country.

— Pedro Sanchez

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

— Carles Puigdemont

There are countries that are near ours which are in the situation which we all know. I want to say that this is not…

— Mariano Rajoy

Only a Europe that is conscious of its own values can be both an economically strong and a morally and intellectually respected partner, and…

— Walter Kasper

We must go beyond being reactive and defensive. As Europeans we must regain our self-confidence and realize our own strengths.

— Donald Tusk

The way Spain has now behaved in Catalonia, after the referendum, is a total disgrace. If this continues, it will all reach the point…

— Andre Vltchek

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

— Carles Puigdemont

I don't want our country to be like other countries in Europe in having a challenge to integrate their new immigrants.

— Maxime Bernier

But now that the guerrilla fighting is over, the Spaniards are again men without a country or families or homes or work, though everyone…

— Martha Gellhorn

Nobody in Europe will be abandoned. Nobody in Europe will be excluded. Europe only succeeds if we work together.

— Angela Merkel

We need to realise we are Europeans before we belong to a region or a Nation.

— Janne Teller