CATALONIA -- Catalan News Agency - International Liberal Youth supports Catalonia’s self-determination process

Catalan News Agency - International Liberal Youth supports Catalonia’s self-determination process

Barcelona (ACN).- The General Assembly
of the International Federation of Liberal Youth (IFLRY) approved a
motion recognising the self-determination process in Catalonia. Last
weekend, Krakow has welcomed this meeting attended by the youth sections
of Liberal parties from all over the world. A hundred Liberal parties
backed the motion presented by the JNC, the youth section of Catalan
Liberal party ‘Convergència Democràctica de Catalunya’ (CDC). CDC is the
main force within the two-party Catalan Nationalist Coalition (CiU)
that is running the Catalan Government; the other force is the Christian
Democrats (UCD). CiU is in favour of holding a self-determination
referendum in Catalonia and was involved in the political agreement
reached last December to present a specific question and date. The
motion explicitly recognises Catalans’ right to decide on their own
collective future, following the example of the United Kingdom and
Scotland as well as the right to self-determination of nations, while
respecting legal frameworks. The President of the Catalan Liberal Youth
JNC, Marta Pascal, said she was “very pleased” to have fulfilled two
objectives: on the one hand, “internationalising the Catalan process,
with the support of a hundred of political youths around the world” and,
on the other hand, “demonstrating the usefulness, more than ever, of
voting Liberal.”



 

Marta Pascal, President of the Catalan Liberal Youth, speaking at the Catalan Parliament a few months ago (by R. Garrido)