The ‘president’ assures that he will attend “exceptionally” due to the need to reach agreements to welcome Ukrainians fleeing the war
The President of the Generalitat, Pere Aragoneswill finally attend the Conference of Presidents this weekend in La Palma. The head of the Government assures that he will attend “due to the exceptional situation” due to the war in Ukraine and trusts that the forum will be a “real space for coordination and agreements” in terms of refugee reception.
“We will go to make things happen,” explained a voice from the Palau de la Generalitat to this newspaper, shortly before the ‘president’ confirmed his attendance at the conclave. “They have given us what we wanted,” said this source by way of explanation of the change of opinion, that is, the forum is conceived in an executive manner and not just merely formal.
Refugees and economy
“They have come out more than two million people from Ukraine and the economic situation points to dark clouds in the immediate future because of the war”, said this source by way of explanation of the change of opinion and in reference, both to the rise in the price of energy, and to the impossibility of importing or exporting products to Eastern European markets as until a few years ago. weeks, something that will have an impact, and a lot on Catalan companies.
Aragonès has communicated his decision to the President of the Government, Pedro Sanchezand has demanded that the meeting “be a real space for work, coordination and agreements” on the humanitarian and economic fronts.
The head of the Catalan Executive has clarified that “the position of the Generalitat is known” regarding dialogue with the central government, with whom he prefers, he has said, a two-way relationshipbut he has assured that his Executive will be everywhere because it is necessary to give an answer.
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ERC conclave
Government sources, in fact, emphasized the exceptional nature of the issue to be addressed. An exceptionality that will force a change of program in the Political Conference that ERC plans to celebrate this weekend and where Aragonès was scheduled to close, together with the party president, Oriol Junqueras. According to republican sources, the intervention of the ‘president’ will take place on Saturday, together with that of the number 2 of the force, Martha Rovira.