‘Catalans have the right to self-determination’, says speaker of the Slovenian Parliament

The speaker of the National Assembly of Slovenia, Milan Brglez, stated that Catalans "have the right to self-determination", referring to the October 1 referendum. Brglez highlighted that his country was created on the basis of the right of peoples to self-determination and expressed his concern for Spain’s reactions towards the independence referendum.

Regarding Spain’s actions to stop the referendum, the speaker of the National Assembly of Slovenia called for a democratic solution without using coercion. He added that all countries have the right to territorial integrity, but only if the right to self-determination is respected.  

One day before Brglez’s statements, the former president of Slovenia, Milan Kucan, asked the Spanish government to stop “the use of force” and “the threats of military intervention” against Catalonia.