The high representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs, the socialist Josep Borrell, changed his tone this Tuesday to refer to the amnesty that the PSOE has agreed with ERC and Junts to smooth the investiture of Pedro Sánchez after on Monday He would be a bit sarcastic about it. If yesterday Borrell aired the issue by pointing out that “those who know my career can imagine what I think”, today he has assured that the initiative seeks to “make a clean slate.”
“Amnesties are made with this objective: historically they are the end point of a phase of conflict that tries to wipe the slate clean. All amnesties have this objective. Naturally, this one also has it,” Borrell declared in a press conference. following the meeting of EU defense ministers held today in Brussels.
On Monday, Borrell admitted concern about the amnesty, but did not want to go further. “Those who know my career can imagine what I think,” he limited himself to saying from Brussels, words that this Tuesday the PSOE welcomed with understanding.
Thus, the PSOE spokesperson in Congress, Patxi López, sees it as “reasonable” that Borrell and other leaders are “concerned” about the amnesty law for those prosecuted for the Catalan independence process, but he has been convinced that this rule will favor the coexistence between that community and the rest of Spain.
Asked about Borrell’s words, López said he held him in “very high esteem” and even said he understood his “concern” and the “incomprehension” of “some” with the Amnesty Law, but he insisted that the PSOE has presented because he is “convinced” that this is a decision that will “certify” the reunion with Catalonia.
