Antoni Bassas' analysis: 'Political slogans and the harsh reality of workers'

It's just a photo, but it's more than a photo:

The King of England, Charles III, greeting the President of the Generalitat, Salvador IllaIt was yesterday, in London, during a conference on the biocircular economy sponsored by the British Crown. Aside from this moment, sources from the Catalan government said the two met separately behind closed doors. We haven't seen anything like this since Jordi Pujol received Elizabeth II at the Palau de la Generalitat in 1988. When you have a state behind you, with ambassadors pleading for support, as is the case with Isla, meetings like this one or audiences with the Pope like the one two weeks ago are easier. It's a skillful, graphic way of continuing the history of political normalization, which isn't so if we take into account that the judiciary charged with enforcing the amnesty law has declared itself in rebellion.

The political discourse, therefore, goes its own way.: Feijóo punctures Sánchez for the corruption in the socialist party, Sánchez punctures Feijóo for the constant disavowal that Ayuso's positions mean (now against abortion), Sánchez takes advantage of Trump's hostility, who says he will punish Spain with tariffs if it does not allocate Spain with tariffs buying American weapons), and the still Valencian president Mazón sees how lies keep coming out his about everything he said that afternoon that the damage and the dereliction of his government's duties took the lives of 229 Valencians.

At the heart of all this declarative, strategic intensity, designed to establish the topics of public conversation that interest us and divert those that don't, lies the harsh reality of everyday life.

The Spanish government wants to raise self-employed contributions.It's not an onion that has crossed his mind; it's the reform of the system that the parties approved in 2022 and that must begin to be implemented next year and continue until 2028. An example of one effect: self-employed workers earning less than 670 euros will have to pay 217 euros in contributions. It's already clear that this is disproportionate and will make many people not want to be self-employed because the numbers won't add up. We already know that if pensions need to be paid, workers must contribute, but the burden on the self-employed worker on a payroll deepens the effect on the working poor, who bear, in relative terms, a greater tax burden than other groups. Negotiations with the self-employed, employers, and unions have just begun. Either they apply common sense, or they'll send many people into the underground economy or into thinking that being an entrepreneur in this country makes no sense and that it's better to be a civil servant.

Good morning.