I would strongly urge the elected representatives from Catalonia to put forward a motion in the EU parliament condemning the violence against peaceful civilians during the referendum - and see who votes against it.

Also put a supplementary motion, condemning the violation of the EU charter on the freedom of information, for the ban on the app that gave "information" about the referendum, and the seizure of ballot boxes.

There should be something appropriately poetic, like where the jackboots trample on the fresh green shoots of freedom, they may crush the life therein, but will in the process disperse the seed far and wide.