Ben Emmerson: the Catalan independence movement is "born of the struggle to overcome the legacy of Francoism"

British lawyer Ben Emmerson, a member of the international defense of pro-independence prisoners, has stated that the Catalan independence movement is essentially a liberal anti-fascist movement that is "born of the struggle to overcome the legacy of Francoism." in The Hague, the Netherlands, at an international legal conference on self-determination within the European Union, organized by the ANC (Catalan National Assembly) in the Netherlands on Friday. For the lawyer, the Catalan question does not revolve around a discussion of nationalisms, it is "a real struggle to consolidate a democratic and liberal system of values in the face of a deep state that has allowed Franco's values to be perpetuated."