In the wake of Catalonia’s bid for independence, Yanis Varoufakis argues that a wish for a pan-European democracy is the prerequisite for imagining a Europe worth saving.

Barcelona's mayor Ada Colau has demanded "an immediate end to police charges against the defenceless population".

Latest: Catalonia "has won the right to become an independent state", the Spanish region's leader Carles Puigdemont said.