Isla believes it is "coherent" to raise the decision on the Sabadell takeover bid to the Council of Ministers.

The President of the Generalitat (Catalan Government), Salvador Illa, has endorsed the decision of the Minister of Economy, Carlos Cuerpo, to refer the decision on BBVA's hostile takeover bid for Banc Sabadell to the Council of Ministers, and has agreed to monitor the progress of a transaction that, he admits, he would like to avoid.