Spanish foreign minister Borrell walks out of interview when asked about Catalonia
CATALONIA
'Spanish foreign minister Josep Borrell shouted "stop the recording"
and walked out on an English-language television interview yesterday
after being questioned about Catalonia. The minister was speaking to
journalist Tim Sebastian on the Conflict Zone current affairs programme,
broadcast by DW News.
In a series of questions on the
Spain-Catalonia conflict, Borrell reaches breaking point when asked
about the possibility of constitutional reform in Spain as a way to resolve
the issue. Interviewer Sebastian asks his guest why there hasn't been a
debate about changes that would make self-determination possible and
Borrell replies forcefully: "Because they didn't come to the Spanish
Congress with a proposal, like the Basques did" - referring to the 2004
proposal which Congress voted overwhelmingly not to even discuss. The
interviewer then probes further on the constitutional question and
Spain's foreign minister loses his diplomatic cool.'
