Rajoy compares Catalunya secession with Brexit and says: “There will be no referendum for as long as I am president”
Monday, May 29, 2017 @ 2:04 PM
SPAIN'S president Mariano Rajoy has compared an independent Catalunya with 'Brexit' and warned the public to rise up against it.
“Catalunya will be out of the EU if it becomes an independent State, whatever they say to the contrary,” the PP leader argued during an Economic Circle conference in Sitges (Barcelona province).
“The whole world can be absolutely certain that I will not permit a referendum in Catalunya and will attempt to impose common sense – and let's not forget that everyone who believes in this country needs to get involved, it's not just an issue for politicians.”
Rajoy added: “There will never be a referendum in Catalunya for as long as I am president of Spain.”
He said the consequences of independence for the region would be 'terrible', and compared it to Britain's plans to leave the European Union.
“They said nothing would go wrong with Brexit, and yet now we're having to talk about the rights of European citizens and how much money the UK will have to pay,” Rajoy pointed out.
“There are those who said there would be no negative consequences for the UK, but who have since said the 'Leave' campaign's claims were highly exaggerated and that they had been lied to.
“Brexit will have dreadful consequences for the British people and for the rest of Europe, despite its being carried out via a set legal process.
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