Spain's PP urges Estonia to show "determination" against Catalan independence

Brussels (ACN).- The Spanish MEP Esteban González Pons asked the Estonian government to stand firm against Catalan independence during its upcoming EU presidency. During a meeting of the leaders of the European Parliament's parliamentary groups with Prime Minister Jüri Ratas and his government to discuss the priorities of the new Estonian Presidency of the European Council, which begins July 1, the Spanish MEP raised the issue of Catalan independence. "The pro-independence plan of Puigdemont and his partners is not only an attack against Spain's legal system but also an attack and a challenge for the whole of the EU," he said, adding that it is "important" for the rotating EU presidency to "explain" that, if Catalonia breaks unilaterally from Spain, it will be "automatically expelled from the EU".