Sam Jones, Stephen Burgen (8. октобар 2017). „'We have to raise our voices' – Catalans rally to the pro-unity cause”. theguardian.com (на језику: енглески). Приступљено 23. март 2023. „Josep Borrell, the former president of the European parliament, waved a European Union flag, adding, in a reference to the banner flown by pro-independence Catalans, “this is our estelada”.He attacked some of the rhetoric being used in the independence campaign. “Catalonia isn’t like Lithuania, Kosovo or Algeria,” he said. “It’s not an occupied or militarised territory.””