'..Rajoy may also be in breach of Spain’s obligations under EU and international law.'<blockquote>'Rajoy’s weekend police action is being investigated for human rights violations by the Catalan authorities,
and possibly the UN too. Spanish national laws may have been broken. And Rajoy may also be in breach of Spain’s obligations under EU and international law.
Respect for the rights of national minorities is one of the EU’s core values, as expressed in article 2 of the EU’s founding treaty and article 21 of the
EU charter of fundamental rights. Although the commission has no specific powers, member states do have general powers to ensure that the fundamental rights of groups such as the Catalans are protected in accordance with European and international law.
More broadly,
the right of people to self-determination is a cardinal principle of modern international law, incorporated into the UN charter. It is not a new idea.
In 1918, Woodrow Wilson, the US president whose “
14 points” speech set out principles for world peace, declared: “National aspirations must be respected; people may now be dominated and governed only by their own consent. ‘Self-determination’ is not a mere phrase; it is an imperative principle of action.”
Wilson led efforts to forge a European settlement after the first world war. It is a sobering thought that 100 years on, Europe may still be incapable of sorting out its problems by itself.
- Simon Tisdall,
As Catalonia crisis escalates, EU is nowhere to be seen, October 4, 2017</blockquote>
Context (Spanish, English, Chinese) - The Values: 'You only have to read one book, "The History of Spain" by Father Juan de Mariana.' - Thomas Jefferson<blockquote>
Nigel Farage Blasts EU, Juncker Over Catalonia: Spain Violates Article 2 of Lisbon Treaty, October 3, 2017
'..ethics in particular .. absolute principle of ethics..' - '..deze fundamentele ethiek..'(Haptopraxeology) - '..We have lost three centuries as a result of ignoring our scholars!'The Christmas Truce of 1914 - '..what might have happened if the truce had spread and this had caused the war to end earlier..''..the First World War was the death knell of the century of bourgeois liberalism.'14th century lessons for today - By Elizabeth MacDonald(1914.org) - 2014 will mark 100 years since the outbreak of the First World War.World War I - 'Debt was the economic terror of the world when the war ended..'Christianity, Islam – 'The Principles of the Laws Protection of..' '..Discovery of the Self''Individualism is a social relationship.' - Dr. Lorenzo Infantino</blockquote>