While waiting for the magnifying glass to decipher the fine print, some of the possible allies of the PSOE and Sumar reacted cautiously to the pact between the two formations. Yesterday the Government of Pere Aragonès and the PNV spoke openly. The main fear is that any of the measures will invade the powers assigned to the autonomous communities, something that they see as likely if it is taken into account that the majority have a social aspect.
At once and without having studied the document in depth, they are also keeping a lid on the possibility of it having an impact on the coffers of the autonomous communities. With all this caution ahead, the response of the ERC Government and the jeltzales was to remember that the investiture depends on their votes.
“We will be very attentive and will look in detail at the small print so that there is no attempt to invade powers and that each measure that entails more expenses for the Generalitat is compensated as appropriate, accompanied with the necessary financing,” warned the spokesperson for the Catalan Executive. , Patrícia Plaja.
The arithmetic is capricious: the independence vote is necessary today for the acting president, Pedro Sánchez, to return to office. Plaja saw staging in the words of the leader of Sumar, Yolanda Díaz, a few days ago, with which she assured that the PSOE-Sumar agreement was far away.
“It is an announcement that was taken for granted,” said Plaja, “but it will be of little use if they are not able to close the pacts with the pro-independence parties,” ERC and Junts. And in his opinion, the pact that is far away is that of the socialists with these two forces. “The Government defends the need to take advantage of the arithmetic that the votes have given us to advance in amnesty, in the conditions to exercise the right to self-determination and improve the conditions of Catalans,” the spokesperson stressed. In this last folder, two derivatives: the Government and ERC insist on the comprehensive transfer of Rodalies and ending the fiscal deficit of 22,000 million euros. “May the PSOE be brave,” Plaja warned.
At Sabin Etxea, PNV headquarters in Bilbao, suspicions are also being raised. The content of the agreement most inclined to the left does not convince the Basque nationalists, who made it clear that some of the agreed proposals are not part of their agenda. “We insist on the complexity of the investiture due to the number of agents it involves and that, precisely for this reason, we must be very careful in the agreements and not impose our own agendas that may clash with those of others,” they noted.
The Jeltzales, who will carry out a more “calm and in-depth” analysis in the coming hours, indicated that the agreement leaves “questions in the air” and expressed their concern that “some matters may represent an invasion of powers,” alluding to the proposals. consensus on matters of “health, education, scholarships, care or housing.” They also warned that “some of the language used does not seem to walk the path of respect for the self-government of the autonomous communities and the development of their statutes.”
The PNV, finally, pointed out that "the so-called taxes on banking and energy must respect the system of Economic Agreement and Agreement", so that "they must be agreed upon with the institutions of the autonomous community of Euskadi and Navarra if they want to have the yes from EAJ-PNV.”
The Jeltzales, meanwhile, continue negotiating with the socialists through Aitor Esteban, their man in Madrid, coordinated in this phase with three leaders of the party executive: Andoni Ortuzar, Joseba Aurrekoetxea and Koldo Mediavilla. The PNV points out that "there is still no agreement" and warns that only "the first step, the simplest" has been taken for an investiture that, they add, "depends on the Basque and Catalan parties."
