Sánchez turns down meeting with MEPs during Strasbourg visit
Sources in Madrid say Spanish president lacks time to meet EU-Catalonia Dialogue Platform when visiting European Parliament on Wednesday
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30 MEPs ask to meet with Spanish president in Strasbourg
EU-Catalonia Dialogue Platform calls for meeting with Pedro Sánchez during his upcoming visit to EU Parliament, while European representatives visit jailed leaders
MEPs in Brussels call for release of jailed Catalan leaders
“EU cannot look the other way,” says Slovenian former foreign minister
13 MEPs to visit Catalan jailed leaders
Representatives of EU-Catalonia Dialogue Platform to also meet relatives of incarcerated officials and government representatives
Puigdemont 'willing' to go on representing Catalan government, says party member
Former Slovenian foreign affairs minister states he "hopes" for Catalan leader’s release after meeting him in prison
Catalan ministers in Brussels protest in support of ‘political prisoners’
Demonstration by MEPs outside European Parliament calls for release of independence leaders
MEPs protest incarceration of civil society leaders in front of European Parliament
European politicians spoke out against Spain’s disregard for “democracy and human rights”
MEPs urge the EU to find a “democratic solution” for Catalonia
The European Union has a role to play in resolving the current stalemate in Catalonia, according to some of the MEPs that attended on Tuesday the Catalan President’s talk in the European Parliament. “This is a European issue, I have no doubt about that. Maybe some people are in denial”, said Social Democrat MEP from Portugal Ana Gomes. The Catalan request for a referendum on independence is “reasonable”, added the Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy, who was also in attendance at the conference. According to Renate Weber, a Liberal MEP from Romania, the issue should be solved through a democratic dialogue because, otherwise, “the international role will play a role”. The former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia and now MEP in Brussels, Ivo Vajgl, said that the idea of explaining the Catalan Government plans in the European Parliament was “excellent” because Europe needs information on the issue.