Catalonia's Independence at the Swedish Parliament

Last Thursday, the Swedish green party representative, Bodil Ceballos, asked a question to the Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Bildt, regarding the possibility of Catalonia becoming a new state in Europe. Mr. Bildt, a member of the Swedish conservative party, answered her that this matter should be resolved by the Spanish Government.

In an interview on the program Catalunya Vespre (Catalonia Evening) in a Catalan radio station, the Swedish representative also confirmed that her country will not be able to ignore the situation in Catalonia if a future referendum gives a majority in favor of it. She added that as democrats, they cannot deny such a demand because this very action would not be in itself democratic.

Mrs. Ceballos also commented on Mr. Vidal-Quadras' statements, and the threats made by some military to occupy Catalonia, qualifying them as inacceptable. Furthermore she pointed out that Swedish ministers and citizens need to know that in democratic countries around EU there are still people asking for military solutions.

The ecologist representative believes that the September 11^th rally, with over one million and a half people demanding independence for Catalonia is an extremely significant event.

We have to point out that Mrs. Ceballos knows of the Catalan case because she lived there for seven years, and she speaks Catalan as well.

Source: Ara omai, 324.cat