BRUSELAS, 29 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Last night, the former president of the Generalitat Carles Puigdemont conveyed to the leader of the European People’s Party (EPP), the German Mandred Weber, that he would be willing to support a motion of censure promoted by the PP against Pedro Sánchez if he does not comply with what was agreed to support his investiture. at the pace that Junts expects, according to the online publication ‘Politico.
According to this publication, Weber and Puigdemont chatted informally when they met at an event where the German politician reproached the independence leader for “feeding” the extreme right of Vox, to which the Catalan responded by pointing out the possibility that Junts reached agreements with the PP during the course of the legislature.
Asked about this, Puigdemont later assured ‘Politico’ that “if there is not enough progress” in the talks with the PSOE for the recognition of Catalonia as a “nation” then Junts “could vote with the PP to overthrow the budget or in a resolution on Israel, where positions are actually more aligned.
However, in the statements collected by this publication, Puigdemont warns that for his group to align with the PP in a motion of censure, the conservative party would also have to “take a step” towards them. “They can’t continue treating me like a terrorist,” said the Junts leader in words reported by ‘Politico’.
The former president of the Generalitat who fled from Spanish justice also responded to the criticism raised by the references to ‘lawfare’ (or ‘judicial war’) written in the government agreement between PSOE and Junts and defended that it is a warning for judges and politicians. “The term ‘lawfare’ is like the horse’s head in ‘The Godfather’, a warning that we are serious.”
Puigdemont and Weber, who despite regularly meeting in European Parliament sessions, were seen speaking together in public for the first time this Tuesday, met at the annual ‘Politico’ gala that recognized opposition leader Donald Tusk as the “most powerful” character on the current European scene and Puigdemont, as one of the most “disruptive”, behind the governor of the Bank of Russia, Elvira Nabiullina.
