• 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.