Sánchez appoints Catalan veteran as foreign affairs minister
Former EU parliament president Josep Borrell is an outspoken critic of the independence movement
josep borrell
Former EP president says Catalonia is ‘sick’ and wounds must be ‘disinfected’
Country not diseased but instead ‘occupied’ by people Socialists supported retorts Catalan president; comparison is ‘monstrosity,’ says ERC candidate
Hundreds of thousands march in Barcelona against Catalan independence
The demonstrators support Spanish unity and include representation from various political parties
Josep Borrell asks the European Central Bank and Member State governments “to do the opposite to what they are doing” to save the euro
The former President of the European Parliament, Josep Borrell, believes that the European Central Bank must buy sovereign debt and that governments need to implement budget cuts at a slower rate in order to avoid a drop in economic growth. Borrell also stressed that “the worst is possible”, and that they must act quickly. However, he added that “the euro will not disappear” but if some countries were left out, “it would be a problem for everybody” as “it would cause a big mess”.