The Government of Pere Aragonès wants to control all the taxes paid in Catalonia. Manage and collect them and, later, transfer a part of the resources to the State, similar to the Basque concert but also including resources for a solidarity fund with “communities with less fiscal capacity.” That is the basis of the proposal … Read more
One day after making public the content of the Generalitat’s proposal for Catalonia to have “singular financing” and already in the middle of the electoral pre-campaign, the president Pere Aragonès explained its content this Wednesday in Madrid. The Republican leader also recalled at an informative breakfast organized by Europa Press the good figures of the … Read more
The PP candidacy in Catalonia has been shaken six days after the announcement of the electoral advance. The national leadership faces two complex scenarios: the election of its candidate, under the shadow of an internal conflict, and the negotiation with Ciudadanos to run on a single list on May 12, which has become complicated in … Read more
The protests by Catalan prison officials following the murder of a cook at the hands of a prisoner last Wednesday have confirmed the inability of the acting Government of Pere Aragonès to stop the open crisis in the prisons. Since Friday, intermittently, workers’ blockades have forced prisoners to be locked in their cells, suspended trials, … Read more
The general secretary of Junts per Catalunya, Jordi Turull, faces the elections from the bench, because until the amnesty law comes into force he remains disqualified for his participation in the illegal 1-O referendum. Turull (Parets del Vallès, 57 years old) is recovering from a heart attack, but the pace of his activity has barely … Read more
The general secretary of Junts per Catalunya, Jordi Turull, faces the elections from the bench, because until the amnesty law comes into force he remains disqualified for his participation in the illegal 1-O referendum. Turull (Parets del Vallès, 57 years old) is recovering from a heart attack, but the pace of his activity has barely … Read more
This weekend, Pedro Sánchez endorsed Illa as the candidate to achieve the “unity” of Catalonia and overcome the process. During the PSC congress, Illa himself presented the May 12 elections as an opportunity to “turn the page without vetoes or exclusions.” There is a lot of game left to play, but in the warm-up Illa’s … Read more
All against Salvador Illa. The surprise electoral call in Catalonia, by the work and will of the president of the Generalitat, the Republican Pere Aragonès, and without evidence of the collusion between ERC and PSC that Junts per Catalunya denounces, will place the socialist candidate as a stark target of the independentists. The former Minister … Read more