Spain compelled other governments to oppose Catalonia’s independence
Former Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs, José Manuel García Margallo, admitted that the Spanish Government pressured other governments to give statements against Catalonia’s pro-independence process. “Nobody knows all the favors we owe in exchange for the statements we got,” he said this Wednesday in an interview on Spanish TV. According to Margallo, the normal procedure when a public representative is asked about such a question is to demur, saying it is an “internal matter”. Catalan President, Carles Puigdemont, considered the facts “very serious” and urged the former Minister to give further explanations.