Antoni Bassas' analysis: "Sánchez will have the photo he wanted: Spain reunited in Catalonia."
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A warning: from today until Sunday, you'll only hear shouts. Especially from the PP, but not only, because when you call out to everyone else, they also raise their voices to be heard. And if they were shouts about matters of life or death, they would still be. But no, they're shouting in the same old fight.
This week has two dates in red. Tomorrow, Friday, they're coming to Barcelona. The kings and Sánchez to meet with all the regional presidents at the Pedralbes Palace. And on Sunday, the People's Party (PP) is demonstrating in Madrid against Sánchez, chanting "Mafia or democracy." How can you go to meet with Sánchez on Friday and call him a mafia member on Sunday?
The Moncloa has accepted that everything the PP wanted will be included on the agenda. For the PP, it's a success, and, let's be clear, the Spanish government doesn't care. What Sánchez wants is a photo of the King and Queen in Barcelona, along with the Spanish government and the presidents of all the autonomous regions. Spain gathered in Barcelona, a photo of normalization. It is also convenient for Sánchez because that lady, unknown to the general public until last week, Leire Díez, whom we spoke about last week, yesterday he left as a socialist militant And today he'll hold a press conference. He's the person recorded implying that Sánchez wanted to take action against the Civil Guard unit that had investigated his wife. Come on, shout. Sánchez must give explanations.
Widespread shouting, disarray, and entrenched situations. The PP wants the one-off financing for Catalonia to be discussed in Barcelona, when it hasn't been agreed upon between the Spanish government and the Generalitat. It must explain this by the end of the month, because without the fiscal effort we Catalans are making, Spain is unviable. And that's why the PP will end up taking this one-off financing, which hasn't yet been agreed upon, to court.
With all this, you can see that Catalonia is always at the center of Spanish political life, which doesn't mean it has the reins. And here, too, curious things happen:ERC and the Commons have just approved a third credit supplement for Isla's government, which they say is as if the government had the same amount of money it would have had if the budget had been approved. So why are they making all this fuss? If they approve credit supplements, why don't they approve the budget and we'll finish sooner?
Now we say that "Catalonia is approaching record employment in the summer," and that unemployment is as low as before the 2008 crisis. Congratulations. And why can't people afford an apartment or make ends meet? Trump's tariffs are starting to slow down the world economy. And the cry is "Mafia or democracy"? Then it's all shudders because the far right is on the rise. Enough of that color.
Good morning.