Spain's parties must steel themselves to do the sensible thing and treat the Catalonia issue with the seriousness it deserves.

The welfare of Catalonia is only possible outside of Spain.

We must have serious dialogue between Catalonia and the Spanish state on a referendum, on independence, and on how a separation from Spain - if that's what the Catalan people choose - would be accomplished.

There's a serious and worrying return to the fall of democracy in Spain, and it's not just us who are realising that.

We do not want to turn our back on Spain. It's the opposite. We are convinced that a relationship between equals will improve our relationship.

I think, in Spain, they are too used to reaching the limits of democracy and then stepping over them.