Vox takes credit for trial of independence leaders at Brussels event

It is "thanks" to Vox that 12 independence leaders are on trial in Spain's Supreme Court, the secretary-general of the far-right party, Javier Ortega, said at an event in the European Parliament on Wednesday afternoon.

In a conference in Brussels on the political situation in Catalonia, Ortega criticized Spanish prosecutors for their "inaction" in pursuing the organizers of the independence bid in 2017, and boasted how his party managed to get accepted as a private prosecutor in the case.

Once again, the far-right leader accused the Catalan government of being a "criminal organization" and the ANC, Òmnium and AMI pro-independence groups of being "totalitarian and criminal movements."