Frans Timmermans, First vice-president of the European Commission for better regulation, inter-institutional relations, the rule of law, and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, 2017. Wiktor Dabkowski/Press Association. All rights reserved.
I just filed a complaint with the European Commission, stating that the Spanish authorities, in their treatment of the Catalan referendum of 1 October, have violated the basic rights and freedoms protected by Article 2 of the EU Treaty. Every EU citizen can do this: that is, lodge a complaint against breach of EU law by a member state, by filling out a simple form available here.
