The Secretary General of the PP in Catalonia, Santi Rodríguez, speaks to ARA during a week marked by several corruption cases involving the PSOE and the Spanish government.

The official status of Catalan in the European Union comes at a crucial time, as this Tuesday the member states will have to make a decision. But while the Spanish government is leading the way, an offensive to ensure that the objective is achieved, the PP is maneuvering in the opposite direction by contacting countries to ensure that official status fails. The PP itself confirmed this on Monday. The secretary general of the Catalan Popular Party, Santi Rodríguez, stated in a press conference that "if there are calls, it's because there are calls in the opposite direction" and that they are happening because "if someone acts in a political sense," as he believes the Spanish president, Pedro Sánchez, is doing, they should be able to respond. "Or is it that only some people can speak here and others can't speak and express their opinions?" he concluded.