CATALONIA
" The bureau of Liberal International issued a statement on 27
September 2017 urging political dialogue to resolve the conflict in
Spain over Catalonia. We foresaw trouble on the horizon, which has come
to pass. We appealed to all parties in the dispute while indicating that
to criminalize politicians – at the time hundreds of mayors in
Catalonia, some of whom, as members of our international political
movement, had appealed to us, and have renewed their appeal in the past
few days – was not appropriate or helpful. LI has been advocating
political dialogue since our Rotterdam congress in 2014. "
