Country Quote by Pedro Sanchez

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

— Carles Puigdemont

If we allow Catalonia - and it is none of our business - to separate, others will do the same. I do not want…

— Jean-Claude Juncker

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

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

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

— Carles Puigdemont

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

— Carles Puigdemont

Millions of Spaniards have Catalonia in their hearts.

— King Felipe VI

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

— Carles Puigdemont

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

— Carles Puigdemont

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

A lot of Catalans are supporters of Barca, which is kind of like a Catalonian national team.

— Joan Laporta