Negotiations are accelerating to form a new government. While the conservative candidate should fail in this Friday’s nomination, it is the socialist Pedro Sanchez who should try to convince, but the Catalan separatists have set their conditions.
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With our correspondent in Barcelona, Elise Gazengel
For the first time, the two Catalan independence parties – ERC, the independence left and Junts, the party of Carles Puigdemont – sealed an agreement this Thursday afternoon in the regional parliament regarding the investiture of the next president of the government.
In the text, the secessionists undertake that their support for the re-election of the socialist Pedro Sánchez will not be THAT if the candidate commits to moving towards a self-determination referendum. The two Catalan parties, whose support is essential to Sanchez, have decided to join forces and are also increasing their demands after weeks demanding amnesty for those convicted or awaiting trial.
In the evening, the Socialists responded clearly for the first time via press release: they reiterated their desire to dialogue with the Catalans, but spoke of a dialogue whose limits are marked by the Constitution and “ who cannot deepen the break » between Catalonia and Spain before concluding: “ on this path, no progress is possible “.