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05/11/2018

MEPs ready to act as international observers in the trial against the Catalan political prisoners

A delegation of 8 MEPs members of the EU – Catalonia Dialogue Platform visited the Catalan political prisoners who are incarcerated in the Lledoners, Puig de les Basses and Mas d’Enric prisons. The group was formed by Josep-Maria Terricabras (Greens/EFA), Ana Miranda (Greens/EFA), Matt Carthy (GUE/NGL), Bodil Valero (Greens/EFA), José Bové (Greens/EFA), Jill Evans (Greens/EFA), … Continue reading MEPs ready to act as international observers in the trial against the Catalan political prisoners

11/10/2018

The right to self-determination is perfectly legal and has a place within the European Union

Representatives of the Basque Country, Catalonia, Scotland, New Caledonia and the Faroe Islands speak in a conference organized by the EU – Catalonia Dialogue Platform While exercising the right to self-determination is denied to nations such as Catalonia or the Basque Country in Spain, it is perfectly feasible in other European Union (EU) states, such … Continue reading The right to self-determination is perfectly legal and has a place within the European Union

03/10/2018

41 MEPs wear yellow T-shirts in the Strasbourg plenary to demand release of Catalan political prisoners

41 Members of the European Parliament wore yellow T-shirts today in the Strasbourg plenary session demanding the release of Catalan pro-independence leaders, who have been in pre-trial imprisonment for almost a year for organizing a referendum on self-determination in Catalonia The MEPS, representatives from 15 different member states and 4 parliamentary groups, wore yellow shirts, … Continue reading 41 MEPs wear yellow T-shirts in the Strasbourg plenary to demand release of Catalan political prisoners

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27/09/2018

MEPs participate in a prison cell protest in Brussels

A group of members of the EU – Catalonia Dialogue Platform participated in the campaign “A people imprisoned” that took place outside the EU institutions in Brussels last Tuesday. Pro-independence organizations ANC and Omnium set-up a reproduction of a prison cell in order to focus international attention and highlight the clear democratic deficit of Spain … Continue reading MEPs participate in a prison cell protest in Brussels

10/07/2018

Three exiled Catalan ministers meet the EU-Catalonia Dialogue Platform at the European Parliament

On today’s meeting of the EU-Catalonia Dialogue Platform, MEPs have counted with the presence and testimony of three out of the seven exiled Catalan politicians; Meritxell Serret, Toni Comín and Lluís Puig. All of them are exiled in Belgium since the Spanish State is persecuting them due to the organisation of a referendum in Catalonia. … Continue reading Three exiled Catalan ministers meet the EU-Catalonia Dialogue Platform at the European Parliament

03/07/2018

EU-Catalonia Dialogue platform is presented in the National Assembly of France

After Brussels, Barcelona and Berlin, EU-Catalonia Dialogue Platform, formed by more than forty MEPs from different groups and countries, has been presented in the National Assembly of France, in Paris. The spokesman of the platform, MEP and former Slovenian Foreign Minister Ivo Vajgl, highlighted that the meeting has been done the same day that some … Continue reading EU-Catalonia Dialogue platform is presented in the National Assembly of France

07/06/2018

The platform has developed a report on MEPs access to prisons across the EU

Here you can read  the report MEPs Access to Penitentiary Centres and Inmates in the European Union: country-by-country report and key indicators that the EU-Catalonia Dialogue Platform have elaborated, after the events of December 2017 when seven MEPs of the Platform were denied to access the prison in Estremera (Spain). The report basically concludes that … Continue reading The platform has developed a report on MEPs access to prisons across the EU