The president of Catalonia demands to “enter fully into the resolution of the conflict” in addition to the transfer of Cercanías and ending the fiscal deficit
Just a few hours after Pedro Sanchez has shown his intention to the PSOE Federal Committee to negotiate an amnesty law to achieve the support of ERC and Junts in Congress, the president of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Pere Aragonés, He applauded this “essential step”, but called for “opening other folders”. “It is an essential and necessary step to advance in the resolution of the conflict,” he pointed out while adding that the solution to this “only passes through the referendum.”
“Important things are missing“, Aragonés has warned in a statement to the media in Valencia where he attended the Octubre Awards ceremony at the Octubre Cultural Center. Among the issues that he has pointed out that are still missing for his party, ERC, to give its vote The necessary favor for the socialist leader to obtain the investiture is the transfer of the Rodalíes and solving the fiscal deficit.
However, Aragonés has highlighted the “step forward” taken by Sánchez this Saturday before the Federal Committee of the Socialists. “It was essential, the amnesty it is necessary“, he indicated while demanding to open “other pending folders” that “must move forward.”
Among the demands that the head of the Catalan Government has put on the table is “ending the fiscal deficit” which is nothing more than reforming regional financing, a problem that, he has admitted, he shares with the Valencian Community. “We have put on the table ending the fiscal deficit that suffocates the citizens of Catalonia and the Valencian Country“, he indicated while adding that it is “financing less than what we are entitled to.”
Likewise, asked about the expansion of the Port of Valencia which, according to the PP, CKD made it a condition for supporting Sánchez that it not be carried out, Aragonés has indicated that he will not speak “through the mouths of others.” “In any case,” he added, “the deputies of Esquerra Republicana will defend well-being, prosperity, and they will defend the best opportunities for all citizens.”