More than 150 people attended the first debate organized by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Catalonia, created last March in the British Parliament. Under the title ‘A Democratic Solution for Catalonia’ SNP MP George Kerevan, who is one of the main promoters of the APPG, Plaid Cymru MP Hywel Williams, the Daily Mirror’s Political editor, Jason Beattie, and former Consul for Great Britain in Barcelona, Geoff Cowling, among others, discussed both Catalonia’s pro-independence roadmap and the ways to overcome the current deadlock. “There is only one democratic solution and it is to let the people vote,” said Kerevan and warned that stopping them “is not the European way”. He also criticized the Spanish Government's decision to ban democratically-elected Catalan political representatives from public office. Cowley pointed at the Spanish Constitution, which he defined as “very rigid” as the main hurdle for Catalonia to hold a referendum. “Sometimes, facing up to the political realities of the day is more important than adhering to past legislation,” he said.
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