Ciudadanos considers “especially serious” the transfer of state powers in immigration to the Government of Catalonia, behind which it sees Junts’ intention to hinder the integration of the Latin community, which will be required, as Carlos Carrizosa has predicted, a greater knowledge of Catalan to obtain documentation proving your roots.
For the leader of Ciudadanos, “leaving a State policy such as immigration, associated with border control, in the hands of separatism” at a time when Europe has tightened the controls of the Schengen area, is equivalent to validation by part of the PSOE of the independence discourse, which ultimately seeks to expel, in Carrizosa’s opinion, the National Police and the Civil Guard of Catalonia.
In this context, Ciudadanos has reiterated its support for the members of the State security forces, who have already expressed, through the Unified Police Union (SUP), the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, their concern about the possible changes in the border surveillance powers that they have been carrying out until now.
But aside from these competence issues, Carrizosa has been very critical of the ideological dimension of the transfer, because he believes that the underlying issue is that Junts is a party that aims to “ensure the purity of the Catalan homeland” and that “emulates” the “supremacist and xenophobic” speech of the far-right mayor of Ripoll, from Aliança Catalana.
In this sense, the leader of Ciudadanos in the Parliament has recalled the references of former president Jordi Pujol to the Andalusian man as “a destroyed man” and of the also former president of the Generalitat Quim Torra to all Spaniards as “moronic beasts”, in which Carrizosa sees the “exacerbation” of Catalan nationalism against immigration.
Thus, Ciudadanos flatly rejects the possibility of immigration policies passing into the hands of nationalism, which it accuses of “persecuting Spanish.” If this were the case, the Latin community, with historical and cultural ties that facilitate its integration in Spain, would have “more difficulties” in establishing roots in Catalan lands due to the demand for greater knowledge of the native language, Carrizosa has warned.
“We will be vigilant and will take action on the matter in Europe,” announced the leader of Ciudadanos in Catalonia, who has also questioned Junts’ proposal to encourage the return of companies that left during the process, the publication of fiscal balances and the repeal of article 43 bis of the Civil Procedure Law to try to prevent the suspension of the amnesty, concessions accepted by the PSOE.
The recently created Spanish Left party, led by Guillermo del Valle, promoter of the El Jacobino think tank, has spoken out in very similar terms: “Important leaders of Catalan nationalism have maintained openly racist and xenophobic positions,” states the group, which will attend the European elections, in a statement.
“Junts has maintained a complacent attitude with extremely racist ultra groups, such as Aliança Catalana, which governs in Ripoll, which accentuates the danger of the transfer of power in matters of immigration, not only due to the supremacism inherent to all nationalism, but also due to the proximity to ultra positions,” concludes Izquierda Española.
