Borrell: "You can imagine what I think" about the amnesty law

"Those who know me in Spain and know of my personal and previous political career can imagine what I think" about the amnesty law, the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, said today, Monday, when asked in Brussels by a French journalist about his opinion regarding this initiative during the final press conference of the council of ministers in the sector held today in Brussels.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
12 November 2023 Sunday 21:25
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Borrell: "You can imagine what I think" about the amnesty law

"Those who know me in Spain and know of my personal and previous political career can imagine what I think" about the amnesty law, the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, said today, Monday, when asked in Brussels by a French journalist about his opinion regarding this initiative during the final press conference of the council of ministers in the sector held today in Brussels. "Without knowing the law, I cannot comment on it" but "I do already know the agreements reached with two pro-independence parties and they certainly cause me some concern, quite a few concerns, logical ones, on the other hand, because it is a complex and difficult problem." ", he said about the pacts signed by the PSOE with Junts and ERC. He will speak "at the time, not now," he added, without specifying when he will speak.

The former Foreign Minister has maintained a hermetic silence on the Spanish political situation since the July 23 elections but has followed the situation very closely and considers himself authorized to express himself on the matter. "It is evident that I cannot mix my role with personal considerations about a problem of Spanish internal politics" but this "does not mean that I do not have my opinion and that at some point I will express it, because I have the full right to do so," the politician has warned. of the PSC, the real scourge of the process during its period of greatest unrest.