Antoni Bassas' analysis: 'Zen-like confidence in the official status of Catalan'
Minister Albares has said it's irreversible. President Illa has said that Catalan will eventually become official. Turull has said that the Spanish government has been deeply involved. But, beyond what they say in public, if you ask people who know what they're talking about in private, they'll tell you: "The official status will be fine. Be patient."
For a moment yesterday, we returned to the times of Catalan news experienced in "minute of play and result" mode, Everyone is waiting for what Brussels decides about the official status of Catalan in the EU..
In the end it was not, even though in the last few days there was so much confidence that it would be achieved that there was even a unofficial act of celebration.
The most curious thing is that, this morning, both the Spanish government and Junts, which had negotiated official status with the PSOE, continue to show confidence in the more or less immediate future. "We'll be able to do it, Catalan will eventually become official." Jordi Turull said this morning on TV3 that there has been a great deal of involvement from the Spanish government. But the thing is, beyond what they say in public, if you ask people who know what they're talking about privately, they tell you: "The official status will be fine.
Even Presidents Illa and Puigdemont agreed: the People's Party (PP) acted disgracefully when it made calls to thwart the official status of Catalan. Junts' clear rejection of Sánchez's responsibility must imply that it believes everything he could have done has been done.
In any case, the result has been what you see. on the mapScandinavians, Baltic countries, and the Big Three: Germany, France, and Italy, are against, while Portugal, Ireland, Belgium, Denmark, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania, and Cyprus are in favor. In yellow are the neutrals, those inclined to vote with the majority.
Looking at the map, frankly, it's hard to get our hopes up again. Next time, perhaps, they won't raise any more expectations.
BBVA's takeover bid for Sabadell is already on the table of the Council of Ministers, which has one month to decide what to do with the dragon, if it puts even more pressure on BBVA with the conditions for the takeover bid (which is most likely what he will do). Meanwhile, theOperation Reunion continued: The 2026 Goya Awards will be presented in Barcelona in February of next year.
Good morning.
