Catalonia to host European Francophonie assembly summit in 2020

Catalan Parliament will host the 33rd edition of the European summit of the Francophonie Parliamentary Assembly in 2020. 

The candidature was unanimously approved on Thursday morning after being proposed by speaker of the Catalan Chamber, Roger Torrent.

Torrent is travelling to Switzerland to attend the regional meeting of the Assembly this year.

He commented to the Catalan News Agency (ACN) on the ''diplomatic success'' in hosting ''one of the most important entities in the world that brings parliaments together.''

Event gathering 33 European parliaments

The summit includes 33 European parliaments, 22 of which are state parliaments, such as France, Belgium, Croatia and Greece, so they are not only chambers of Francophone countries, but of territories somehow linked with such lands. 

''It is a crucial element to helping us feel and express the voice of Catalonia,'' added Torrent. 

This year's edition of the summit is being held in Délemeont, in the Swiss Canton of Jura. Torrent will attend the session on the ''right to self-determination of people as a legal principle: status of the situation in Europe,'' to be held on Thursday afternoon.