Organizations urge the EU to suspend Spain’s right of vote if blocks referendum

During a press conference, lawyer and jurist Pau Miserachs denounced a "clear and shameless violation of the Treaty of Lisbon values and principles" and claimed the right "of the Catalan people to exercise direct democracy". The coordinator of the Left Movement party was especially critical of the president of the Spanish government. "The problem now in Spain goes by the name of Mariano Rajoy", he stated. He also regretted the Catalan Socialist party position regarding the referendum. “It has become a PSOE branch and that is not good for Catalonia”, he said.

The document concludes with an “urgent request” to suspend Spain’s right to vote in the European institutions if the Spanish government “refuses to facilitate the organization of the referendum on self-determination”. It also proposes a "peace treaty, good neighborly friendship and cooperation with the independent Catalan Republic”.