Member of European Parliament says EU should only “get involved” in Catalonia to help Your browser does not support the video element<p>Catalan MEP Jordi Solé, from the Greens-EFA group in the European Parliament, says Catalonia does not need EU "permission" to organize an independence referendum on October 1. "We won't ask permission from Brussels or the EU to have our referendum because we don't want to ask for permission to implement our basic rights and freedoms," he said in an interview with <em>Catalan News</em>.</p> / Laura PousshareLaura PousFirst published: August 12, 2017 08:19 AM