Press Statement of the European Alliance Group in the European Committee of the Regions
On the 1st October the Catalan people exercised their democratic right to express their opinion on the referendum in Catalonia on self-determination. Unfortunately the unacceptable violence by the Guardia civil and sanctioned by the Spanish Government must be condemned by the European Union.
The European Alliance President Karl Vanlouwe and Member of the Flemish Parliament, called on the European Union institutions to condemn the heavy handed and oppressive tactics of the Spanish Government in Catalonia. No EU Member State should be allowed to erode civil rights and democratic principles which are the basis of our common European project.
Mr Vanlouwe congratulated the Catalan people on exercising their democratic right via the ballot box.