"Barcelona is ready and has the talent, capabilities and ecosystems necessaries to provide the best response to the global challenges that must be met in large metropolitan cities around the world"

“Barcelona is here today to declare a climate emergency and to say that we have made our choice. And we have chosen to take action.”

“When we see big companies keeping up their speculative and deadly activities, millions of us are wondering who is really in charge here. I believe the United Nations need to take control”

“This is a democratic, anti-fascist city where we champion love and life; and this LGBTI centre represents us more than ever. With considerable pride, not one step back”

“Either we prioritise life or we allow housing speculation, and we prioritise life.”

“We would like to express our gratitude for having been there, at the most difficult time, at the most difficult place, in our beloved Rambla, at such a hard time. We thank you on behalf of the city.”

“Today, we are not just opening an exhibition. We are performing an act of reparation and dignity; and of justice, not vengeance.”

“Either we’ll have a fortified city or we’ll have a city whose residents have learnt to look after themselves and others and take responsibility for one another.”

“Either we accept asylum-seekers or we accept racism, new forms of fascism that are threatening the very concept of Europe. The preservation of our civilising legacy, the project of a European Union as an antidote to totalitarianism, is at stake.”