Podemos, ERC and Bildu register an amendment to reverse a change introduced by the socialists against independent production companies
The processing of the audiovisual communication law was expected to be complex. Even traumatic. But what did not seem to fit into the Government’s plans was not having the support tied up a few hours before its vote in Congress. With the agreements already sealed within the Executive between PSOE and United We Can, and from the outside with the PNV and ERC, the plenary session this Thursday, where the standard will be discussed for approval, seemed to be a simple way to close months of negotiations. However, a last-minute amendment by the Socialists has alerted the partners – even the purple ones – and the PSOE has been forced to open talks to save the law this Thursday.
The friction lies in a modification that the socialists introduced in the text -approved in commission with the ‘yes’ of PSOE, Podemos, PNV and ERC- that substituted one word for another. This simple change grants the category of independent producer to the large audiovisual companies, as long as do not service your own chain. Faced with this modification, the associations of film and audiovisual producers demanded this Wednesday that the groups reject the norm.
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To revert the text to its original state, United We Can, ERC and EH Bildu registered this Wednesday a compromise amendment that it will only go ahead if the PSOE decides to support it to prevent the norm from declining. The purples have no intention of voting against the audiovisual law, since it emanates from the Government itself, but the other two parties, key in the Executive’s parliamentary arithmetic, have expressed their doubts about supporting it.
ERC sources explain that they are analyzing the real consequences of the change introduced by the Socialists before deciding on the meaning of their vote, although they claim that what was agreed with the Executive regarding the promotion of Catalan remains intact. An abstention of the Catalan republicans would put in trouble the norm that, at the moment, counts on the rejection of PP, vox, together and the PDECat. The nationalist party and cs -both abstained in the vote on the opinion last week- is also waiting for the PSOE to make a move to maintain its position or go to ‘no’.