GUY Verhofstadt does not represent my European values (EU chief under fire after unbelievable reaction to pro-indy parties’ Catalan election win, thenational.scot).
He should be working to get those political prisoners free to return to exercise their rights as elected politicians in their own land. I’m ashamed of this EU, the same EU that’s filling up the Mediterranean with dead bodies fleeing war zones. I never voted for such a Europe.
Ralph Campbell
via thenational.scot
THE EU has been a disgrace and has shown no respect for democracy. It’s time to change the record and do the right thing.
The Spanish Government and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy should be sued for their actions.
Rajoy should be removed from politics, and the wrongly jailed Catalan ministers should be freed with compensation.
Paul Bowie
via thenational.scot
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