The fate of the government in Spain is in the hands of the Catalan separatists

Carles Puigdemont, former head of the autonomous government of Catalonia and currently a member of the European Parliament (EP), imposed an amnesty and an independence referendum on separatist Catalan politicians to form a government in Spain.

Puigdemont gave a press conference at the AP building in Brussels, the capital of Belgium.
Puigdemont, who had a search and arrest warrant in Spain, began to politically use the need of the Union for Catalonia (Junts) party, of which he was the leader, for the formation of a new government after the early elections held in Spain in July. 23.

Recalling that the current Prime Minister and leader of the Socialist Workers Party (PSOE), Pedro Sánchez, needs the support of Junts in parliamentary mathematics to maintain the minority coalition government that has governed the country for the last three years and half, Puigdemont said: “Either “Pacha with Junts or get elected again. Wow”. he said.

Puigdemont, who met with a government official in Spain for the first time since October 2017, when he fled Spanish jurisdiction and went to Belgium, received the vice president and leader of the left-wing Sumar party, Yolanda Díaz, in his room. in his room in the AP building yesterday. Puigdemont, detailing his meeting with Díaz, said: “Today there are not enough conditions for an agreement, but it is necessary to create one. The only way to deal with the government is Junts. This should be a historic deal.” he made the assessment of it.

‘UNI-DIRECTIONAL INDEPENDENCE’

“Catalonia is a European country under attack”. “The only way that Catalonia as a nation is demanding is independence. The referendum on October 1 was not a crime. There are no obstacles to holding a referendum in Spain, agreed with the State”. he used his statements. Puigdemont argued that Catalan separatist politicians and NGO leaders should be granted an amnesty before Sánchez receives a vote of confidence from parliament to support him in forming a new government.

Puigdemont pointed out that they want to take measures to enable an independence referendum in Catalonia in the new legislature that will begin later, and also demanded that Catalan be accepted among the official languages ​​of the EU.

POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY CONTINUES

Following early general elections held on July 23 in Spain, after no political party was able to obtain a sufficient majority to form a government, it appears that the country’s political fate will be determined by Catalan separatists.

Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of the right-wing Popular Party, which emerged as the first party with 137 deputies in the elections and which King Felipe VI commissioned to form a government, seems far from reaching the parliamentary majority of 176 in the negotiations he has carried out up to now. moment. (AA)