Catalan Parliament speaker at Westminster: ‘We are under threat, but we will not give up’

Catalan Parliament president, Carme Forcadell, spoke at the UK Parliament in defense of the plans of the Catalan government to hold a referendum on self-determination in Catalonia despite the actions by the Spanish government to stop it. The pro-independence leader took part in the constitutive session of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Catalonia in Westminster this Monday, where she said that “we are aware that we are under threat if we fulfill our functions, but this will not make us give up on our commitment with the Catalan citizens, or stop defending our rights and freedoms”.