Antoni Comín, along with Carles Puigdemont and Clara Ponsatí, is one of three Catalan politicians exiled to Belgium after attempting to organize an independence referendum. Spain wants them imprisoned in Madrid.
Comín explains to me why Catalonia wants to be independent, why they want to secede from Spain but remain in the European Union.
Catalonia is an interesting example of independence from nation states but of European federalism.