On Monday 2 September, Amadeu Altafaj i Tardio, the representative of the autonomous community of Catalonia to the European institutions explained to a press briefing that given the very high level of caution displayed by the European Commission in the immediate aftermath of the referendum vote on the independence of Catalonia, the latter is now currently exploring the different avenues of mediation. These avenues would include “a European and non-European” hybrid, in an attempt to find...