with tones differentthe tour of Pere Aragones for four Latin American countries it is generating a ball effect of level of criticism. Some are substantive, such as those of the extreme right, which has presented a battery of questions in Parliament in which they question the appropriateness of the Generalitat opening delegations (such as the one inaugurated this Thursday in Buenos Aires). Others, such as those of the first secretary of the PSC, Salvador Illamore insinuated than expressed, refer to the very development of the trip itself, to the cancellations suffered by Aragonès from the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petroand the Uruguayan vice president, Beatriz Argimonwhich have taken the spice out of the ‘president’s’ nine-day trip.
Given this, Aragonès asserted, in Buenos Aires, that “Catalonia will continue to do foreign action so that the country can explain itself abroad, because it is the best way to strengthen social, economic and cultural relations”, and stressed that Latin America is one of the priority areas of its foreign action, in his words. And he stressed that this tour has made it possible to “open collaboration channels” such as the cooperation agreement signed with the province of Buenos Aires. The ‘president’ made these statements after his meeting with the minister and head of the cabinet of ministers of the Argentine Government, Augustine Rossi, a position that supposes to be the number 3 of the Executive of the southern country.
Illa, in a statement to RTVE, has agreed with the ‘president’ traveling abroad, since “we had 10 years closed at home and as long as he abides by the legal framework of what a president can do”, although he also admitted concern about the “information” that comes from his Latin American tour, referring to the low flight of arranged political appointments.
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The socialist considered that the Generalitat should reinforce the delegation of the Government in Brussels, due to its relevance, and has opined that these Catalan delegations abroad should be oriented towards “economic and cultural” tasks, unlike other stages in which “other things have been prioritized”, in reference to the supposed work of agitation and propaganda pro-independence of previous legislatures.
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On the other hand, the protagonist duo of this trip, Aragonès and the ‘councillor’ of Acció Exterior, Meritxell SerretThey will also travel next Tuesday to Madrid to meet with the mission of the European Parliament commission that investigates espionage with the Pegasus program. Serret explained that the objective of this meeting is to be able to testify to the espionage of which he was allegedly a victim and “continue claiming that it is not a closed case.” In addition to Serret and Aragonès, the ERC candidate for mayor of Barcelona, Ernest Maragall, will travel to Madrid. The three are on the list of independentistas spied on with the Pegasus program.
A delegation from the Pegasus investigation commission will also meet with the European mission in Parliament, with the deputies Josep Maria Jove (CKD), albert batyou (together) and Montserrat Vinyets (CUP)Oscar Aparicio (PSC-Units), Marta Vilalta (ERC), Josep Rius (Junts), Xavier Pellicer (CUP) and Lucas Ferro (commons). On the part of the Government, the Secretary of State for the EU, Pascual Navarro, will be the highest authority that deals with the mission. No minister.