Journalist1: You say in your declaration that violence can never be a political instrument, which is a nice moral wish. I ask, the European Commission (EC) is condemning here or not, the tacticts and methods udes by the guardia civil* in Catalonia to stope the voting of the citizens? Is this what you mean with "violence can never be a political instrument"?
EC: I will read with interest your article to know how yourself interpret this.
* military police in Spain.