The process reaches the Catalan Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ireland

Reply to Parliament that " all peoples of the European Union can establish the mechanisms for its democratic government "

Quico Sallés Staff | Updated 15/10/2013 at 16:23 hArxivat in : Politics, Internationalization process Catalan , Ireland

Sinn Fein Deputy Michael Colreavy , formulated in October this a question to the Irish Foreign Minister , Eamon Gilmore , on the Catalan process .

The question presented to Parliament if the Minister had raised the demand side to hold a referendum on Catalan expressed in the human chain organized during the National Day .

The Minister has answered the deputy with some " Irish diplomacy ." In fact, Gilmore , but says it would not be " appropriate " to comment on the process itself admits that " the people of any country in the European Union can establish their own forms of democratic government ." An expression open enough to allow the interpretation that Foreign Minister Gilmore says the defense of the right of the people of Catalonia to decide how you want to govern.

Question No. 18
Parliamentary Question - Oireachtas
　
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the protests in Catalonia on 11 September for self-determination; if he supports the demand of the majority of Catalan people to hold an independence referendum in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
- Michael Colreavy. (Nominated by: Seán Crowe).
For ORAL answer on Wednesday, 2nd October, 2013.
Ref No: 41174/13 Lottery: 14 Proof: 14
　

REPLY

The constitutional status of Catalonia in Spain is currently the subject of public and political debate in Spain, including in Catalonia itself. As I have previously stated, it is a matter for the people of any country of the European Union to establish the arrangements for their own democratic governance and it would not be appropriate for me to comment on that process in any particular country.