The British Parliament debate on Wednesday Catalonia

The British Parliament debate on Wednesday Catalonia

The debate will take place at 19 pm in the Attlee Room of Portcullis House, Westminster in one of the rooms with a capacity for 170 people.


Pau Llosa (Edinburgh)
04/19/2017


El Parlament de Westminster, a Londres | ACN

Among other issues, such as to vote the calling of early elections this June 8, the British Parliament debate on Wednesday Catalonia in an event entitled "A democratic solution for Catalonia" ( "A democratic solution to Catalonia"). The debate will take place at 19 pm in the Attlee Room of Portcullis House, Westminster in one of the rooms with a capacity for 170 people. The purpose of the same, as explained in the World National Assembly Catalan England is to increase involvement and broaden international support for the Catalan question.

Since the creation of the APPG on Catalonia, the parliamentary group set up to discuss the issue Catalan, this is the second debate held at Westminster on the issue. The first took place on 14 March and was attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Raül Romeva, together with political representatives of the main groups in the UK.

Speaking at the World political editor of the Daily Mirror and speakers at the event, Jason Beattie, said: "I speak today on condition of having a sincere and deep interest with Catalan and Spanish politics. It good news that the issue of the independence of Catalonia being debated in the British Parliament, and I really want to be part of this panel. "

One of the other guests on the British Consulate in Barcelona from 2002 to 2005, the World Geoff Cowling pointed that "I am sure that today's debate is a debate in which fluid expressed many opinions," and added: "I think that the democratic will of the people should be heard," referring to the situation in Catalonia, which has led to the conclusion of this second debate Westminster.

The Spanish consulate in Scotland, the Spanish Embassy in London and the press office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Spanish Government have refused to comment on the event in this way. The delegation of the Popular Party in the UK, led by Jesús Ledo, also refused to comment on the World to being an "internal Spanish matter."

Source: The Daily Sun