CATALONIA -- “Catalunya no va unir-se voluntàriament a Espanya, va ser brutalment conquerida”
“Catalunya no va unir-se voluntàriament a Espanya, va ser brutalment conquerida”
"Catalonia did not join voluntarily in Spain, was brutally conquered"
The British Barcelona excònsol replicates the FT's article in which a
PP MEP called on the EU to halt separatists. "Britain is not afraid of
democracy: it makes her. Neither Spain you should be afraid," said Cowling, who accuses Madrid have minded "colonialist"
On 18 February Cayetana Alvarez de Toledo, PP MEP and director of the
international area of the FAES, published an article in the Financial
Times in which relinks sovereignty and considered the war a step back
European construction. Geoff Cowling on Thursday, the British consul in
Barcelona between 2002 and 2005, letter to the editor published in the
same newspaper in which he responds to the article Alvarez de Toledo. In
the letter, entitled 'The very real grievances of Catalonia, "Cowling
said that the country was an independent nation until 1714 and that"
Spain did not join voluntarily, was brutally conquered. "
In
his article entitled 'Europe can not afford to give in to the
separatism', PP MEP said that "ours is not a European tribes but
citizens" and claimed that this fact is being attacked "by populism and
nationalism." According to Alvarez de Toledo, "two of the biggest states
and the old continent, the UK and Spain are currently facing serious
challenges by regional separatists in Scotland and Catalonia. These
challenges not only threaten their countries but also undermine the
European project. "
The MEP called on European leaders face
nationalism in terms of "moral and political" and reminded the advocates
of secession "how difficult it is to enter the Union, and how easy exit
them. " According to the leader of the FAES, European leaders must
"unmask the hypocrisy of nationalism." Alvarez de Toledo critical
responses from the EU and European governments claim that the process
Catalan "is a Spanish internal matter" and considers that these
arguments are "a mistake."
After ensuring that the "Catalan
separatism goes against the values that define a democracy as Spain and
the European Union as an achievement of civilization", and criticized
the Government "has refused to comply with court rulings that require
children receive a minimum of teaching hours in Spanish, "MEP accuses
the government of Mas" distort history to justify imaginary grievances. "
Álvarez de Toledo, the Catalan government "to deal with the law and
with it the foundations of peaceful coexistence between Spaniards."
Scotland and Catalonia, two nations
Among the many characteristics that differentiate Spain UK there is
respect for diversity. While Spain has difficulty in Catalonia see
nothing but an autonomous community born of the 1978 Constitution, the
United Kingdom no dispute that Scotland is a nation and that, therefore,
the Scots have their own identity. That is why, in his response to MEP
PP excònsol the British in Barcelona begins to remind you that "Scotland
is not a region", as defined by Álvarez de Toledo, but "a nation of own
right in the UK. " Cowling also remember that Catalonia is a nation, as
stated in the statute. The excònsol recalls that the United Nations
recognize the right to self-determination of nations. And says:
"Describe the two nations as 'tribes' denotes a colonialist mentality."
"Catalonia was, in practice, an independent nation until 1714," says
Cowling, explaining how "thousands of Catalans were killed during the
siege and subsequent repression. Former Parliament of Catalonia,
identity, language and culture were crushed. many areas of Barcelona
were demolished. Catalonia did not join voluntarily in Spain, was
brutally conquered. " The excònsol Barcelona also mentions the suffering
of the country during the Civil War and says "Lluis Companys remains
the only European president has been executed. There has been no apology
nor aborted subsequent sentence ". This leads to Cowling claimed that
these "historical facts are historical imaginary grievances."
After recalling the strength of the independence movement and consider
that he is "deeply rooted in Catalan society, each powered by disdain
coming from Madrid," Cowling concludes his letter by saying: "As is the
case in Scotland, the Parliament of Catalonia has majority in favor of a
referendum on independence. Westminster Parliament has given Scotland
the right to decide their future. however, rejects the Spanish
parliament in Madrid to discuss the demand Catalan. Britain is not
afraid of democracy : it makes her. Neither Spain you should be afraid. "
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