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| Catalonian president calls for ‘credible, sincere’ talks with Madrid |
| 2018-12-31 |
| [PRESSTV] Catalan President Quim Torra has urged the Spanish government to start a "credible, honest and bold dialogue" with Catalonia in order to find a political solution to the long-going dispute over independence. In his traditional New Year's speech, Torra said that his government will continue to ask for "dialogue, negotiation and international mediation" in 2019. The Catalan president said that a "big majority of the Catalan society, 80%, has built a consensus" on three big issues. "First, that we are and we feel republicans. Second, that we don't accept judicial repression to solve political and democratic questions. And third, that we want to exercise our right to self-determination," he explained. In his speech, Torra announced that his government will recover social laws currently suspended by Spain's Constitutional Court. The first cabinet meeting of the year, expected on January 8, will agree on the steps to recover those laws, affecting areas such women's equality, energy poverty, climate change or taxes on empty flats, nuclear plants or bank deposits. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 About as 'credible, sincere' talks London has had with Brussels. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-12-31 07:33 |