“I am asking for Europe to react.”This vague call for European action was greeted with resounding silence in the corridors of Brussels and other EU capitals. Colouring the Brussels view is the fact the EU is a club of nation states that fears splintering into tiny statelets. “Now [Madrid] should accept that as this crisis becomes more serious it has an effect on the EU politically, economically, socially. While he thinks statements by EU leaders have been helpful, he hopes Brussels will maintain some distance. “I think we need to find our own way.”Based on the icy silence Puigdemont has encountered in Brussels, it appears the EU will continue to rely on the Spanish to resolve this crisis.

Source: The Guardian November 01, 2017 04:52 UTC