He doubts that Rodalies will operate better under the management of the Generalitat
BARCELONA, 15 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Minister for Transport, Mobility and the Urban Agenda, Raquel Sánchez, has said that she has not received pressure from the Government to reach an agreement on the Housing Law: “For us it has been a commitment, an objective, and we have not received pressure anyone because we are the first to be convinced”.
In an interview on ‘El Suplement’ on Catalunya Ràdio this Saturday collected by Europa Press, the minister has defended that the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, from the beginning of the legislature “said that this country needed this Housing Law”.
He has considered that regulating the price “will not be enough” to solve the problem of rents in stressed cities like Barcelona, ??but he believes that the approval of the law will be a step forward so that decent housing can be guaranteed in these cities.
“It’s not just a rental law,” he argued, and explained that the law aims to establish a regulation to control prices but also contemplates other housing measures such as boosting the supply of protected flats.
Regarding the proposal for a clarity agreement for an agreed independence referendum presented by the president of the Government, Pere Aragonès, he pointed out that “it has to be studied carefully”, and he stressed that the PSOE’s negotiating limit is compliance with the Constitution.
Asked if Catalonia will vote in any way on its self-determination, Sánchez stated that “a vote will be taken whenever there is the possibility of voting based on an agreement that is backed by the Constitution.”
In relation to the departure of Ferrovial de España, he asserted that “it is not good news that a company like this, which has been forged and grown thanks to the investment in public works that has been made by the Government of Spain and with contributions of all Spaniards make this decision”.
Sánchez has reiterated verbatim that this march is not sufficiently motivated and that it shows the company’s lack of patriotism, and explained that the Government has tried “to have a reconsideration of this decision, but it has not been possible.”
The minister has questioned whether Rodalies will operate better under the management of the Generalitat: “The management of the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat has nothing to do with Rodalies, we are talking about a much larger network.”
In this line, he has considered that it is “superficial” for the Generalitat to say that Rodalies would work better if it were managed by the Government, and he has defended the management capacity of Renfe and Adif.
