The footage from Spain is shocking. Violence against a State's own citizens holding an illegal, and therefore non binding Referendum, is not a defence of Democracy. It is an abuse of power to prevent an opinion poll.
If Spain is so confident of the outcome being the status quo, why the extreme measures against unarmed citizens?
The silence of the EU is deafening. Under Article 7 they can call Spain to account for breach of the values of Article 2, which reads in part, Article 2 "The Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities."
What I saw on News footage bears no relation to these values.
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