Aragonès asks the new Government for greater effectiveness, cohesion and social profile

One day after the inauguration of the new ministers, the president has summoned the government in a work meeting to set and mark the profile of the new stage.

Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne
12 October 2022 Wednesday 16:33
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Aragonès asks the new Government for greater effectiveness, cohesion and social profile

One day after the inauguration of the new ministers, the president has summoned the government in a work meeting to set and mark the profile of the new stage. Pere Aragonès has urged that with the "maximum speed possible" each department defines the priority projects in the coming months. There is no time to lose after a few months entangled in the internal crisis with Junts.

The resolution of the political conflict through a negotiation with the State, the commitment to an agreement of clarity that allows the celebration of a referendum, the more markedly social accent to the policies of all the departments and the commitment to work without noise and in in a cohesive manner are the axes of general reference that will mark the action.

On the budgets, the official silence remains on the alliances but it has already been made clear that the president will not submit to any question of confidence. Junts required this preliminary step to support the Catalan accounts, and as had already been announced, Aragonès rejects it. Therefore, the scenario continues to be the search for an agreement with the Socialists if they do not want to extend the budgets.

The spokeswoman, Patrícia Plaja, explained that during the meeting there was a broad consensus on the suitability of the clarity agreement -inspired by the model between Canada and Quebec-. We must take into account the incorporation of the three ministers who are not from the ERC -Joaquim Nadal, Carles Campuzano and Gemma Ubasart-, who, based on their careers, do not support a unilateral declaration of independence.

The meeting has been held on this holiday of October 12 -in which the Government understands that there is nothing to celebrate- and has lasted more than three hours. A meeting in which the aim was to transfer an image of relaxation and in which the ministers went without ties. In it, the government agreement and the regulations were reviewed. Some changes will be introduced and in these first months priority will be given to projects of a social nature, that take into account the context of the economic crisis and that are transversal in nature.

Regarding the execution of the State budget in Catalonia, which has only reached 16%, the spokeswoman accused the Government of mistreating the Catalans and of creating a context in which the vast majority already live disconnected from Spain.