Spain's constitution was introduced to cement democracy after Franco's dictatorship, but this government is exploiting its wording as a means to deny us our right to vote.

There's a serious and worrying return to the fall of democracy in Spain, and it's not just us who are realising that.

I think, in Spain, they are too used to reaching the limits of democracy and then stepping over them.

All we want is to carry out the greatest expression of a free democracy and vote on Catalonia's future. This is not about independence: it is about fundamental civil rights and the universal right of self-determination.

We do not want to turn our back on Spain. It's the opposite. We are convinced that a relationship between equals will improve our relationship.

The welfare of Catalonia is only possible outside of Spain.