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The Socialist Pedro Sánchez refused to discuss the self-determination of the Catalonia region; the conversation paved the way for future conciliation
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Meeting of the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez with the Catalan independence leader Quim Torra at the Palace of the Moncloa in Madrid – 09 / May / 09
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(19459006), and the president of the Autonomous Region of Catalonia and the president of the autonomous region of the independenceist Joaquim Torra met today Madrid for the first time times since both badumed their positions. Central to the discussions was Spain's recognition of the right to self-determination of the Catalan people, a subject that continues to provoke friction between the two governments
The meeting between Sánchez and Torres lasted more two hours. The independent politician has claimed the right to self-determination of Catalonia, confirmed the vice president of the Spanish government, Carmen Calvo at a press conference. In principle, the recognition of this right by Madrid would pave the way for the independence of Catalonia and the creation of a sovereign state.
The Spanish president, however, responded that "there is very little to say" about Catalan self-determination. which is not provided for in the Constitution. Sánchez recalled the Statute of Autonomy, which governs the government of Catalonia, and the high degree of decentralization in Spain.
However, Sánchez is committed to Torra to suspend the "vetoes" imposed by the central government submitted to the Constitutional Court (TC) against certain Catalan laws, as a means of normalizing relations between the two governments , which have been badly damaged by the separatist process in Catalonia.
The meeting created a big wait, since there was no agenda established before. The government of Spain had only announced last week that there would be no veto for any subject, as long as they would be within the limits of the Constitution .
According to the Spanish newspaper El País despite Sanchez's refusal to discuss Catalan self-determination, Torra welcomed the meeting, as the Spanish president showed interest in the subject, take marks. The tension between the government of Spain and the Catalan separatists reached its most worrying moment last year when a referendum highlighted the victory of those who wanted to see independent Catalonia
at the same time. era, the government of Mariano Rajoy [19659014] approved the intervention of the Spanish government in Catalonia and considered the then Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont as responsible of the activation of the measurements. Puigdemont was ousted shortly after the referendum and had to flee to Brussels to avoid arrest. The escape of the Catalan president caused the stalemate in the executive position of the region until Joaquim Torra was elected president.
(With EFE)
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