Junts replies to the Government that the clarity agreement that it wants to promote has no route

Once the budget folder is closed, the Government of the Generalitat intends to promote and try to give shape to the initiative that the president led to the general policy debate as a roadmap for independence, the promotion of a clarity agreement to clarify the conditions under which an independence referendum should be held in Catalonia.

Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne
19 December 2022 Monday 07:32
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Junts replies to the Government that the clarity agreement that it wants to promote has no route

Once the budget folder is closed, the Government of the Generalitat intends to promote and try to give shape to the initiative that the president led to the general policy debate as a roadmap for independence, the promotion of a clarity agreement to clarify the conditions under which an independence referendum should be held in Catalonia. But Junts per Catalunya, one of the actors that has something to say in this matter, has already indicated this Monday that "it does not have any kind of route". The intention of the Catalan Executive was to speak with all the relevant parties and actors in the coming weeks.

The formation's spokesman, Josep Rius, indicated this Monday that they were surprised by the proposal put forth by the Government's spokeswoman, Patrícia Plaja, and that it is "disappointing" and comes "conditioned" by the negotiations with Madrid. As an alternative, he has used Preparem-nos!, the road map of the Consell per la República and Junts, present in the political presentation of the formation approved in the last congress. Some aspects of this document have also been included in the specifications of Junts in the budget negotiation.

With regard to the negotiation of the Catalan accounts for 2023, Junts, as the PSC already did last week, has called for the activation of projects such as the Hard Rock, the expansion of El Prat airport or the Ronda del Vallès, three infrastructures and projects that the Catalan socialists label as "fundamental". "They are very important elements," the post-convergents have pointed out. "We were surprised that Aragonès gave up these three projects," they added.

In addition, Rius has demanded fiscal measures that were included in his proposal document, such as the deflation of personal income tax or studying the possibility of progressively removing the inheritance tax and raising the personal and family minimum exempt from taxation. With the deflation that they propose, according to their calculations, the Government would have extraordinary tax revenue of 420 million euros. "What we want is that there is no superimposition on all taxpayers," he has justified.

The spokesman for the formation has also reproached the Government for having first closed an agreement with a smaller party in terms of the number of seats, such as the common ones of Jéssica Albiach.

Beyond taxation and the national axis, in JxCat they point out that there are differences in terms of aid to SMEs and the self-employed to cover energy costs or in the reversal of the "underfinancing" of the subsidized school. "In addition to structural aid, temporary aid is needed," they specify in Junts.

"We are far from being able to reach an agreement with Esquerra on these aspects and other priority issues such as professional training," said Rius, who has assured that they will continue negotiating.

"There are important differences in all these areas. It is important that Aragonès moves. We will continue going to all the meetings in which we are called", the JxCat leader concluded.