On October 1, there ‘obviously won’t be a referendum,’ says Catalan MEP

The PSC MEP (S&D), Javi López, believes that the October 1 vote “obviously won’t be a referendum.” In an interview with Catalan News, López stresses that the referendum “does not have enough democratic guarantees, it is not binding and it cannot be carried out.” At most, it would become “a mobilization with a lot of people,” he says.

According to the Catalan Socialist Party (PSC) MEP, the government’s roadmap “has not achieved institutional understanding from any relevant state” in the European Union, but the Spanish executive has not achieved it either. “Not doing anything, waiting for the problems to solve themselves is not working in the Catalan case and it will not work,” says López, who demands “a little more imagination and desire for dialogue and agreement.”

'Regulations protect us from the abuse of the majority'

Javi López insists that procedures and regulations should be respected, saying that “contempt for procedures and parliamentary and statutory rules weaken the institutions they claim to defend. Respect for procedures and regulations protect us, among other things, from the abuse of the majority.” The MEP argues that “this is what the European Rule of Law is based on. In the eyes of Brussels, the Rule of Law is one of the fundamental principles of the European construction. An inseparable principle of the democratic principle.”

The plan for the next weeks is clear

According to the MEP the plan for the next weeks is clear. His party defends two things: “the rule of law must be respected, and political leaders in particular have the responsibility to respect it”. Secondly, and at the same time, the MEP emphasizes that “the political problems need political solutions. And we are trying to defend the path of negotiation, dialogue and agreement; making a deal.”