- Catalan vote is against the rights of Spanish citizens
- Vote is profoundly anti-democratic
- Spanish government is obliged to challenge democratic vote in court and defend democratic law
- Laws can change through democratic means
- Spain has kept open dialogue with Catalonia
- Catalonia still has time to change course
Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy comments after Spain files a complaint in court over the upcoming Catalan independence referendum in November.
If you thought that the Scottish vote could create waves, this one is potentially much more volatile.