The leader of the commons, Jaume Asens, has pointed out that the Hard Rock project will not be “a red line” in the negotiations with the PSC to form the Government and invest Salvador Illa as president of the Generalitat. In an interview on Cadena Ser, Asens opted to “not go into the negotiations with red lines” when asked if the expansion of the airport and the Hard Rock would be.
The Hard Rock recreational and tourist complex, planned next to Port Aventura, between Vila-seca and Salou (Tarragona), was indirectly responsible for the fact that the last Catalan legislature came to an end and Pere Aragonès called elections for last May 12 . The project was the excuse that the commons used to prevent the approval of this year’s budgets. However, in the last regional elections those parties that support the project obtained better results in the Tarragona district.
Asens has now avoided talking about “red lines” although he has assured that his party will go to negotiations with the PSC “with demands.” In this sense, he has warned Salvador Illa’s party that “many of the things that he defends”, if he wants an investiture, “he will have to make them more flexible.”
Furthermore, Asens has assured that “the programs cannot become Moses’ tables” although he has stated that they are not giving up “anything” in the negotiations with the socialist party.
The position of the commons expressed by Asens has already received criticism from the founding leader of Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, in statements that he attached in a tweet on the social network X.
According to Iglesias, “you bring down the Catalan government because of Hard Rock, you have the worst electoral result in your history in Catalonia, and now Hard Rock is no longer a red line and you ask for a seat in the Illa Government.”
The leader of the Commons has asked his party to carry out “a process of reflection and self-criticism” after losing two seats in the Parliament of Catalonia and other poor results in the Galician and Basque elections. According to Asens, it will be necessary to “talk” about how to “remake the space and sew up what has been broken” with Podemos.
For the Sumar Comuns candidate for the European elections, these bad results are included in a “reactionary wave” that moves the political board to the right. However, he has also acknowledged that “internal divisions” have taken their toll.
Asens has also commented on Irene Montero’s candidacy for the European elections, which he has considered a “sister” candidacy and has opted to “row” in the same direction to “find the maximum spaces for consensus.”
