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France has stated that it would not recognise an independent Catalonia in the wake of the ongoing agitation for independence after over 90% of a 43% turnout voted in favour of leaving Spain.

"If there were to be a declaration of independence, it would be unilateral, and it would not be recognised," France's European affairs minister, Nathalie Loiseau, said.

"Catalonia cannot be defined by the vote organised by the independence movement just over a week ago," she told CNews television. "This crisis needs to be resolved through dialogue at all levels of Spanish politics."

Loiseau also repeated the European commission's warning that an independent Catalonia would find itself outside the European Union and obliged to reapply for membership.

"If independence were to be recognised – which is not something that's being discussed – the most immediate consequence would be that [Catalonia] automatically left the European Union.

Catalan president Carles Puigdemont is expected to present the results of the independent referendum before parliament on Tuesday and the world will be paying close attention to these events especially after the Spanish Constitutional courts banned the parliament from holding any sessions.