President Carles Puigdemont in Berlin: "Dialogue is the way to find a political solution to this political conflict"

The 131st  Catalan president, Quim Torra, visited the 130th Catalonia's President Carles Puigdemont in Berlin today. Mr. Puigdemont said Torra's election as "an opportunity for the Spanish government to show that it respects the results of the ballot boxes and that it has understood that the only possibility to find a solution is to recognize 'the other' and open a political dialogue. I hope that the Spanish government will accept the offer to initiate dialogue with mutual respect, in order to find a political solution to this political conflict".

The two pro-independence leaders also asked the Spanish government to put an end to direct rule in Catalonia, in force since last October, and which was expected to finalize immediately with the appointment of a new Catalan president. Now the new President has been sworn but Madrid has lied once more. "Article 155, designed to punish pro-independence politicians, has harmed everyone. Everyone. So, the commission to recover from its effects will benefit everyone."