Backtracking Quote by Mariano Rajoy

The worst thing a government can do now in Spain is to do nothing

— Mariano Rajoy

It is crucial that there is a government in Madrid secure enough to engage with Catalonia politically rather than continue the denial and legal…

— Carles Puigdemont

Spain's parties must steel themselves to do the sensible thing and treat the Catalonia issue with the seriousness it deserves.

— Carles Puigdemont

The Catalonian movement is quite serious; I don't think it's simply symbolic. I think that they believe that Catalonia can be more successful on…

— H. W. Brands

But, you know, once you're in government, very often you need to shoulder responsibility. I hope the new Spanish government will think about this…

— Jose Maria Aznar

It is no secret to anyone that we are going to rule in the most delicate circumstances Spain has faced in 30 years.

— Mariano Rajoy

[Francisco Franco] said they should resort to guerrilla war. Which has a history in Spain.

— Noam Chomsky

If all our comrades of Europe, America and other countries, who do not understand what we are doing to Spanish Anarchism, would come to…

— Anonymous

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

— Carles Puigdemont

Spain is an example of how hard it is for a conservative party to campaign for elections if the suspicion is fueled that it…

— Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

I don't think independance of Catalonia would have any great positive or negative impact on the rest of the world. As an internationalist, I…

— Andre Vltchek

The only problem is that there are a lot of people here in Catalonia who want to separate from Spain and a lot of…

— Gerard Pique