This is how the Catalan Alliance and Vox negotiate and agree in Parliament.

BarcelonaIntense negotiations, last-minute back-and-forth, and arriving at the Parliament registry 13 minutes late. This Wednesday, the Catalan Alliance and Vox were negotiating against the clock on a motion by Silvia Orriols' group against the Islamic veil. It was voted on this Thursday in the ParliamentA proposal that has not been approved—Juntos, ERC, PSC, Comuns, and the CUP have rejected it—but which has allowed for a glimpse into the shared positions of the two far-right groups in the chamber. In fact, according to various sources consulted by ARA, a dynamic of negotiation has been established between them.

The "harmony" between Vox and Alianza not only materializes in the political issues they share as far-right and Islamophobic parties, but also in the presence of a good personal relationship. There are several factors that influence the positive climate between the two groups, according to knowledgeable sources: both are isolated by the sanitary cordon woven by the majority of the plenary session, they have door-to-door offices in the Parliament, and, furthermore, they share programmatic elements beyond national differences. In fact, the fact that the relations between the Catalan Alliance and Vox are affable and fluid can be seen in the corridors of the Catalan parliament, where they can be seen greeting each other and chatting cordially and amiably.

In the case of the negotiations on the motion calling for a ban on the Islamic veil, Vox presented a series of amendments that resulted in two compromises with Silvia Orriols's party: two amendments were rejected and the rest accepted. Sources from the Catalan Alliance emphasized on Wednesday afternoon that the final text was "being finalized," and that it was finalized shortly before the end of the plenary session.

Against the ERC MP who wears a veil

Ignacio Garriga's group is the only one that has reached an agreement with the Catalan Alliance, but the agreed text entered Parliament's registry 13 minutes after the deadline. The controversial point of the motion is to establish "an internal rule in Parliament that prohibits [...] the visible use of any Islamic garment that violates the dignity of women and attacks our customs and our identity, such as the Islamic veil." It was limited to the veil.

At the same time, the Espanyol supporters have also convinced Silvia Orriols's group to defend "Christian tradition" and remove the "secularist" references from the text. An "artificial" state—they rejected it "with laughter," according to sources—and another in which Vox sought to eliminate the reference to the doctrine of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights. jurisprudence, as the Catalan Alliance wanted, closer to Marine Le Pen's style.