Barcelona mayor calls for EU dialogue to de-escalate political tension
Ada Colau asks the Catalan government to give up unilateral independence and demands Spain to withdraw police forces
Barcelona mayor, Ada Colau, called for a “multi-level dialogue platform” under the European Commission’s (EC) supervision in order to de-escalate the political standoff between governments in Catalonia and Madrid. In a meeting with European consuls on Thursday, Colau laid out her proposal for a temporary settlement that could cool off tensions amid an imminent declaration of independence and the expected backlash from Spain.
“Finding a solution to the profound political problems is difficult,” Colau admitted. “But it would not be that hard to de-escalate the tension, which is what most of the population want regardless of what their opinion on independence is.”