Catalonia takes the October 1 referendum to Stockholm

Only a day after celebrating the official inauguration of the Catalan government’s delegation in the Danish capital of Copenhagen, officials continued further north to participate in an event about the self-determination process and the October 1 referendum. The academic conference “Self-determination within the European Union: the case of Catalonia” was held at the Stockholm headquarters of the Swedish independent think tank, Arena Idé, which jointly organized the event. The think tank, which was founded in 2000 by the Swedish union movement, generally deals with economic policy and labor market issues, as well as those related to democracy and welfare.

The event jointly organized with the Public Diplomacy Council of Catalonia (Diplocat) was presented and moderated by Lisa Pelling. According to the head analyst at Arena Idé, the think tank hosted this event from a European perspective as they “want to look into what the wider implications might be for the European Union, when regions drive towards self-determination or even independence, such as Scotland.”