Hvis Barcelona af forskellige grunde har været en langt mere rolig by, selv om der var 17 medlemmer af de spanske sikkerhedstjenester, der blev såret, hvis byen har været meget mere rolig end i andre tilfælde, så skyldes det, at der blev truffet alle passende foranstaltninger. Bl.a. at forhindre adgangen til Barcelona for folk, der var parate til at udøve vold med alle dens konsekvenser i byen.
If Barcelona has been a much calmer city, although 17 members of the Spanish security forces have been injured, if it has been much calmer than on other occasions, it has been because all the relevant measures have been taken, including preventing the people who were intent on violence, with all its consequences for Barcelona, from reaching the city, and that is a service to citizens everywhere and also, in this case, to the Spanish citizens, the European citizens and democratic legitimacy.