Mayors sing Catalan anthem in Brussels

A large group of mayors from Catalonia has called in Brussels to support the deprived Catalan government.

'Live the Republic', scanned the mayors and their followers. A little further down were opponents of the separatists with Spanish flags. Elsewhere in Brussels, Catalan entrepreneurs asked for the economic consequences of a divorce, which they felt as a result.

About two hundred mayors have traveled to the Belgian capital to support the deprived government of Catalonia, which unlawfully declared independence. A number of ex-ministers are in the cell in Spain.

The Spanish government wants Belgium to hand out the elected former prime minister Carles Puigdemont and four ex-ministers. Puigdemont is expected to join the mayors later in the day. The protesters will not receive official receipt. The European Commission and most EU countries consider the issue as a Spanish matter.