The ‘Financial Times’ published an editorial this Monday in which believes that the amnesty of the Catalan independentists is “a bet worth making“.
The text recalls that six years after the declaration of unilateral independence and the “illegal” referendum that divided Catalonia, the events They continue to “cloud” Spanish politics, “polarizing” the electorate and making a stable government “difficult.” The text also considers that Pedro Sánchez “He wouldn’t take this path if it wasn’t his job.“, but at the same time he affirms that it is a “convenient” and “correct” policy for Catalonia and for Spain, because the social and political “cracks” will never be resolved only with judicial action. “In the opinion of the economic newspaper, these cracks”require political dialogue and democratic debate“.
In this sense also remember that ERC, “the more moderate of the two secessionist parties“already has”unilateralism abandoned in practice“, given that he would only support an independence referendum “in agreement with Madrid.” The media believes that if now Carles Puigdemont and Junts per Catalunya “were persuaded to do the same, it would be a great step forward.”
The newspaper also breaks a spear for Pedro Sánchez’s strategy, which it considers “deserves credit for reducing the temperature of the Catalan question, a not easy fact in the superheated political atmosphere of Spain.”
So remember that pardons for the nine independence leaders They have already caused the opposition led by the PP to accuse Sánchez and the PSOE of having committed “an act of treason”, although they have “relieved tensions” in Catalan society and have “renewed the dialogue between the central and Catalan governments”.
“The pardons have not been revalidated and invigorated the cause, as critics predicted. Support for independence and its followers have fallen, but the Socialist Party has prospered in Catalonia.”
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Finally, and regarding the PP’s criticism of the amnesty with the argument that it is “an aberration that corrupts the judicial system and breaks equality before the law”, the ‘Financial Times’ recalls that Spain has already applied amnesties before and considers that the accusations of treason “do nothing to alleviate tensions in Catalonia or between it and the rest of Spain. It is also a political dead end for the PP if it can only stare at the extreme right.”
Likewise, the ‘Financial Times’ concludes that “the Spanish leader is making a big bet with his offer of amnesty. Puigdemont could renege on the deal later. And she will almost certainly be tested in court. But it’s a gamble worth taking, even if it’s not entirely for the right reasons.”