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.

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.

The welfare of Catalonia is only possible outside of Spain.

Spain's constitution was introduced to cement democracy after Franco's dictatorship, but this government is exploiting its wording as a means to deny us our right to vote.

Whoever doesn't want to hear our voice needs to see a political otolaryngologist.

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