The relevant issue is already on the agenda. As explained on Monday, October 2, the President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani, opening the plenary session of the EP in Strasbourg, he received several requests from political factions to add to the agenda of the debate in connection with the events around the Catalan referendum. Deputies voted on this issue and the debate will take place, - announced after the vote.

Then he put to vote the day and time of the debate, and the deputies chose the afternoon of Wednesday, October 4. This will be the first issue on the agenda of the second half of the day.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, the European Commission did not recognize the referendum in Catalonia.

As explained today at a daily briefing in Brussels, the representative of the European Commission Margaritis Skinas, according to the Constitution of Spain, the referendum in Catalonia was held illegally. For the European Commission this issue is internal to Spain. Therefore, it is necessary to solve it in accordance with the constitutional system of Spain.