on this maybe things are coming down a bit well let's get the thoughts from political analyst chris bambery are there chris is spanish government representative for catalonia said the authorities actions during the referendum were justified does that mean there could be a repeat of the violence or not. well it seems no sign that the spanish government are ruling back from their policy of trying to repress this independence movement the latest episode is the spanish constitutional court which has played a role in this really go years back in trying to curtail catherine rights has no party said that it's illegal for the catalan parliament to meet on monday when might of this idea is to declare independence so here we have a court telling the parliament you can't leave it and what i think is happening is the spanish state has done all it could possibly do to create a mass independence movement many people who would have not brought themselves to vote for independence before last weekend have no decided there is really nothing for them available from the spanish state and they've drawn the conc

well let's get the thoughts now of chris bambery he's a political analyst and joins us i think we can go to him now yes there he is chris good evening t. . goodness a lot to talk about what's your reaction to this it looks like the both sides continue to be at loggerheads on both sides of the n.t. you mean what's going to be the conclusion do you think. of course conclusion will be a bad thing catalonia will end up independent because essentially people in catalonia growing numbers of catalans in response to the actions of the spanish state of swung in behind independence that i think is the important thing to realize yesterday the current time president carter was proven wrong trying to make a compromise with madrid by saying they would not declare independence and go for local regional elections in catalonia that create huge anger inside cattle you know and the pressure of the mass movement and the pressure from his coalition partners who are. the center left force them to drop out but the obvious thing was that it was clear that spies prime minister manuel are a whole it was not go

political situation in the region he didn't crucially mention independence whole political analyst chris bambery whether that was a way around the court found that. i would say it's a sidestep to avoid confronting the court but to go ahead with a parliamentary me said so nonsense i think it's a fairly good good move people are drawing the conclusion of the supreme court in spain to intervene in this manner again and again and again to overcome the will of the council on people what hope have we have any change within the context of the spanish state other developments spain's government representative in catalonia has apologized for the violence carried out by riot police during last sunday's referendum. when i see these images when i know that people have been hit pushed and even hospitalized i can't help but regret and apologize on behalf of the officers that intervened. spanish government to talk to the new law to make it easier for companies to relocate away from catalonia fearing the worst may be several banks as well as energy telecommunications and textile companies have already decided t

now saying that will intervene in parliament on tuesday as he put it we are political analyst chris bambery whether it was a way around the court than. i would say it's a sidestep to avoid confronting the court but to go ahead with a parliamentary missing so nonsense and i think it's a fairly good good move people are drawing the conclusion of the supreme court in spain to intervene in this manner again and again and again to overcome the will of the council on people what hope out we have any change within the context of the spanish state for its part spain's government representative encounter loan him in terms of policy is for the violence carried out by riot police during last sunday's referendum. because he when i see these images when i know the people that had been hit pushed and didn't hospitalized think i can't help but regrets and apologize on behalf of the officers don't intervene to support the catalan m.p.'s who told us that spanish authorities have breached e.u. law by using military force against the people of catalonia then. we are come to the of the european union and the t

the political situation in the region he didn't mention independents at all political analysts chris bambery whether this was a way around the cold ban and. i would say it's a sidestep to avoid confronting the court but to go ahead with a parliamentary me say so nonsense that i think it's a fairly good good move people are drawing the conclusion if the supreme court in spain can intervene in this manner again and again and again to overcome the will of the council on people what hope have we have any change within the context of the spanish state. explains government meantime representative in catalonia has apologized for the violence occurred riot police cheering last sunday's referendum joke on me when i see these images most of what i know the people that have been here as the host and even hospitalized think i can't help but regrets and apologize on behalf of the officers that intervened. i spoke to a company in peace too who told us that spanish authorities have breached e.u. law by using military force against the people of catalonia. we are come to the of the european union and the tr

political analyst chris bambery joins us live on the program for more on this chris always good to have you with us is madrid in the wrong here for detaining the separatist leaders. one hundred percent the castle on government issued a declaration of independence then immediately said it was on hold for a period of time to negotiation to take place between the two countries rather than accepting that spain is refused any negotiation firstly in person the chief of the catalan police and know that these two men blamed for organizing the referendum organizing a vote in which people had an expression this follows the spanish government and wishing the guardia civil the riot police all those people trying to vote in the force of. seizing ballot boxes smashing their way into about stations and across the world people wanting what is going on in spain. every time we get some attempt to try and over a solution what's talk from barcelona madrid respond by ratcheting up repression another issue issue here of course is that the catalan government announced today that its president will not clarify