The derailment of the transfer of migratory competencies to Catalonia this week in Congress caused a pitched battle between two of the fundamental allies for Pedro Sánchez. From Tuesday’s vote, Junts and Podemos passed the week to La Gresca with accusations of all kinds. And even with cross insults. But beyond that confrontation, the reality is that both formations have become an authentic stone in the government shoe when it comes to an increasingly unlikely parliamentary majorities.
If those of Belarra knocked down the decentralization of immigration management, those of Puigdemont had previously knocked down the reduction of the working day and the creation of an anti -corruption office. And both parties also warn that they are not even willing to sit down to negotiate the General State Budgets unless the Government before assumes conditions that in Moncloa see unattainable. The result is that Congress legislates less and less because the Executive does not give the numbers.
In that context, both the PSOE and the majority of progressive formations that voted in favor of Sánchez’s investiture admit their deep concern through the dead route to which the legislature is directed. And in Moncloa they already begin to transfer explicit counts to Junts we can already both in public and private. “You have votes to guide the legislation of this country. Contribute and join. We are going to present the budgets and I hope to have the support of your group because good accounts will be made for Catalonia. And I have no doubt that, if it is good for Catalonia, Junts will not be against initiatives that allow us to move forward,” said María Jesús Montero this week in Congress to the deputy of Juns, Josep María Cruset.
That public message had preceded a meeting at the highest level between the Juns and PSOE dome in Belgium last week with Carles Puigdemont and José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero at the head. And from that meeting, between the socialist ranks two conclusions were released. The first, that the Catalan independentistas begin to plunge into an internal bewilderment about the strategic direction to follow in their relationship with the Government for the evolution of the surveys, who point out that together they bleed electorally for the benefit of the Xenophobic Aliança Catalan. And that, they assume in Moncloa, will take Puigdemont to continue unmarked from the Executive in some key votes.
But the second conclusion is, in the opinion of the Socialists, even more relevant. “They are not very clear whether to support us or not, but what they are very clear is that they do not want elections. That is the last of the desired scenarios for them, because right now the surveys point out that there would be a batacazo,” reasons a PSOE deputy with direct thread with the independence formations.
That certainty, that Junts is in the hypothesis of tightening, but not drowning and, therefore, does not even consider adding his votes to a possible motion of censure against Sánchez, encourages the Executive to continue trying to get the legislature out of the jam. “We are talking, of course. We talk to together and talk to Podemos and I believe that there is room to change something and redirect the negotiation of migratory competences. But they have to give both. They have to understand that the blockade is not good for anyone except for the PP and for Vox. And that if the legislature progresses, it will also be for the benefit of the political formations that contribute,” I reasoned this week in the corridors of the Congress.
Although Podemos does not even have the same baggage as together when making derailing government measures – they only knocked down at the beginning of the legislature the reform of unemployment benefit that was later reformed and went ahead, in addition to the transfer of migratory competences of this week that described as “racist” -, those of Belarra maintain a very hard tone against the Executive on account, mainly, of foreign policy with Israel and Israel defense expense. A position that this week also deserved the public reproach of the first vice president.
“We do not understand from the progressive government why the insistence of we can try to separate to the left in something as important as our common voice against genocide. It is so serious what is happening, that trying from the left to establish a competition to minimize the actions of other political groups I consider it irresponsibility. We are not to divide,” Montero rebuked the deputy of Pode Executive of collusion with the Netanyahu government.
In the Moncloa they have claimed to know for a long time that we can work with a medium -term strategy to be consolidated as the only opposition force to the PSOE left before a hypothetical PP government with Vox. That is, a dog’s face fight with adding and the formations that integrate it by the survival of that political space. But even in that scenario they think of the Executive that there is a margin for the agreement in the remainder of the legislature.
“The problem lies in parliamentary complexity and the number of groups that we have to agree. Because if one knows that the opposite does not support a measure, that discourages it to support it and comes out free to say that it does not negotiate or even vote against. That is why the departure of the budgets is so complicated,” explains one of the people of the government closest to the president, which also appeals to Podemos. “Honestly, we believe that first of all we can is a leftist formation. And we do not contemplate that we can have any interest in making the government fall, we really do not see them in that. Another thing is that forced tone that they always show to find criticism and that we think it’s an error. I think they have to reflect.”
The touch of attention of ERC and EH Bildu
The uncheck of Junts and Podemos of the parliamentary majority that the Executive needs to keep the legislature afloat also causes discomfort among the ranks of other political organizations, beyond the government. During the parliamentary debate of the Delegation of Migratory Competencies, leftist partners such as EH Bildu or ERC launched explicit care touches to those of Puigdemont and Belarra. “I make a reflection both Junts and the companions of Podemos,” said EH Bildu deputy Jon Iñarritu. “All those parties that support the investiture, or we are all co -responsible and sensible in each standard or here nothing is approved. We are playing that and so only these lords of PP and Vox win, who are looking forward to everything.
Also resounding in his message, mainly to Podemos, Gabriel Rufián was shown. The deputy of ERC, who admitted the “racist” motivations of Junts, but defended as good news for the path of decentralization of the State the transfer of migratory powers, addressed the deputies of Podemos to reproach their vote against them. “The path they undertake today is terribly dangerous and worrying. Because then, of course, do we only vote here the competences for the governed autonomous communities for those who like it? They are putting together the junts that call them Spanishists,” said Rufián.
That clash between ERC and Junts with Podemos ended up leaving a tone rise from some of its leaders. “May Junts be right -wing and say that migrants arrive in Catalonia to end the Catalan identity does not surprise anyone. But listening to my friend Joan Tardá or Rufián to lower their ears swallowing all this shit of Junts and the ‘pujolismo’ and on top of saying that we are Spanishists, come please,” said Pablo Iglesias in a TV3 interview.
A while later, in La Sexta, Junts spokeswoman Míriam Nogueras replied. “If we can consider talking about reality and putting the data on the table is being racist, they are calling many Catalans racist. And then my answer is the same as theirs to us: you can go a little to shit.”
A few hours later, with social networks burned in reproaches and mutual accusations, Gabriel Rufián asked Podemos a cessation of hostilities. “It would be appreciated for a certain left (now) to understand that you may not always agree with them and even change your mind without that meaning that there is a Masonic media plan against them and without mounting bully digital campaigns against (…).
Also in their networks, Pablo Iglesias pointed out that “although the matches are castrated in the media, the parties negotiate.” The PSOE has already left the door open to resume the negotiation for the transfer of migratory competencies to Catalonia, a fundamental norm for Junts that in Moncloa understand that it would pave the land of future agreements.
Source: www.eldiario.es
