Subcommittee Hearing: U.S. Policy Toward National Self-Determination Movementssubcommittee

On May 16 2016 there was a session of the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats of the US Congess on "U.S. POLICY TOWARD NATIONAL SELF–DETERMINATION MOVEMENTS". Catalonia was frequently mentioned by all three speakers.

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Extract from:
https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearings?ID=C8121B3D-78A2-4460-9B98-652ECB4637D1

House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Subcommittee Hearing: U.S. Policy Toward National Self-Determination Movements

Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats 

2200 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 

Mar 15, 2016 2:30pm to 5:30pm 

Paul R. Williams, Ph.D.
President and Co-Founder
Public International Law and Policy Group
[full text of statement]

Jason Sorens, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Department of Government
Dartmouth College
[full text of statement]

Mr. Ivan Vejvoda
Senior Vice President for Programs
German Marshall Fund of the United States
[full text of statement]

SESSION TRANSCRIPT

"U.S. POLICY TOWARD NATIONAL SELF–DETERMINATION MOVEMENTS":  

http://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA14/20160315/104672/HHRG-114-FA14-Transcript-20160315.pdf 

 
*** Traduccions al català de les tres ponències: 
http://www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/els-informes-del-congres-dels-eua-que-legitimen-la-dui-a-catalunya-en-catala/


Vegeu també: 

Catalonia's Legitimate Right to Decide: Paths to Self-determination. A Report by a Commission of International Experts. 161 pp. 2017.
NICOLAS LEVRAT, Professor at the University of Geneva, coordinator of the Report
SANDRINA ANTUNES, Professor at the Universidade do Minho
GUILLAUME TUSSEAU, Professor at Sciences Po, Paris
PAUL WILLIAMS, Professor at American University in Washington, DCN
http://exteriors.gencat.cat/web/.content/00_ACTUALITAT/notes_context/FULL-REPORT-Catalonias-legitimate-right-to-decide.pdf

... and Executive Summary: https://www.unige.ch/gsi/files/9115/0461/7417/EXECUTIVE_SUMMARY_Catalogne.pdf 

Videos: "Self-Determination Processes in the EU", 25/10/2013, UCL European Institute, London

Vídeos de les ponències de la Jornada a la UCL del passat 25 d’octubre. (CA): 

http://www.diplocat.cat/ca/actuacions/jornades/45-contingut/actuacions/jornades/286-conferencia-self-determination-processes-in-the-eu-25-d-octubre-de-2013-ucl-european-institute-londres

Vídeos de las ponencias de la Jornada en la UCL del pasado 25 de octubre.(ES): 

http://www.diplocat.cat/es/actuaciones/jornadas/64-contenido/actuaciones/jornadas/287-conferencia-self-determination-processes-in-the-eu-25-de-octubre-de-2013-ucl-european-institute-londres

Vídeos of the contributions to the Conference at the UCL on October 25th (EN): 

http://www.diplocat.cat/en/activities/conferences/83-content/activites/conferences/288-half-day-conference-self-determination-processes-in-the-eu-25-october-2013-ucl-european-institute-london

Què ha dit David Cameron

Aquí hi ha la transcripció de la pregunta i resposta de David Cameron àmpliament comentades a la premsa catalana d'avui, i també replicada pel ministre d'afers exteriors epanyol.

http://www.politicshome.com/uk/article/80024/prime_ministers_briefing_with_the_foreign_press_association.html

Press Releases

Wednesday 12th June 2013 | 19:20

Prime Minister's briefing with the Foreign Press Association

...
QUESTION
"You mentioned Northern Ireland. There is also a lot of international interest in what’s happening in Scotland. I would like to ask you to what extent the referendum of Scotland would affect – would help or otherwise damage your own vision on the referendum of the European Union?"

PRIME MINISTER

"Well I’d see the two issues as separate in that there’s a referendum in Scotland about whether people in Scotland want to remain in the United Kingdom, and then there’ll be a referendum after a renegotiation about whether the people of the United Kingdom want to remain part of the European Union. My approach to these issues is that, when you face a political challenge, the best thing to do is to take it head on and have a plan to deal with it.

Now Scotland elected a nationalist government that believes in separating Scotland from the United Kingdom. They supported – they said they wanted a referendum, so my approach was to say, ‘Well if you want a referendum, let’s have a referendum. Let’s make sure it’s fair, it’s legal, it’s decisive.’ So it’s a single question and the Scots will hold that referendum in September 2014. I dearly hope they will vote to remain part of the United Kingdom. I believe they will. I believe the arguments for keeping the United Kingdom together are very strong.

And then we will go on before the 20 – before the end of 2017 to have that referendum about whether the United Kingdom wants to stay in the European Union. Now of course there’s a process of reform between now and then and I am convinced that we’ll be able to secure proper changes and reform. We need to make the European Union more open, more competitive, more flexible. We need to make sure we have the right deal for Britain within that European Union. But then in the end the people will decide.

I don’t believe that – in the end, that it’s right for – it’s right to try to ignore these questions of nationality, independence, identity. I think it’s right to make your arguments, take them on and then you let the people decide. But that’s the way I want to do things in the United Kingdom. I would never presume to tell people in Spain how to meet these challenges themselves. That’s a matter for the Spanish government and the Spanish Prime Minister."