Alberto Núñez Feijóo was in Barcelona this afternoon on his second visit in less than a week, aware that the result of 12-M not only determines the political future in Catalonia but also in Spain. In presenting the candidacies of the four Catalan constituencies, the president of the PP has thus stressed that his “priority commitment” is Catalonia, where a good result will allow “governing for all Spaniards.”
Feijóo has returned to Barcelona after the proclamation last Wednesday of Alejandro Fernández as a candidate and, having settled this debate, with the intention of presenting a “united” party with an eye toward the future. A message in an internal key but that at the same time seeks to attract new voters to the formation. “We are going to make a bigger party, from union to expansion and the structuring of a project,” he said, where he wanted to put the PP as the sole reference for constitutionalism. The popular campaign tries to draw a dividing line, where the PSC, together with ERC and Junts, appears in the same bag as those who do not want to turn the “page of the process and the decline of Catalonia”
Feijóo has admitted that any president of the PP in Spain “knows that without Catalonia he will not be able to govern Spain.” And that is why he has defended the only “alternative” of the popular parties to the trip to “nowhere” of the process. The president of the PP thus seeks a double defeat of “independence and sanchism”, understanding that if ERC and Junts do not govern in Catalonia, governability in Spain will be more difficult.
With good growth expectations still obviously not knowing if the PP will be able to decide future majorities, Feijóo has also made a speech focused on management and linking the “decadence in Catalonia” with policies focused only on identity. He has mainly addressed fiscal policy, with a promise of tax reductions for Catalans. “I cannot resign myself to the fact that the Catalan people are the ones who bear the greatest fiscal pressure,” he said.
At a state level, he has underlined his commitment that if he reaches Moncloa he will reduce personal income tax with “retroactive effects to January 1, 2024.” And he has indicated in terms of deadlines, that he sees it possible that the legislature “collapses” in the coming months depending on the result in Catalonia.
He has also focused his attention on the situation of companies to point out that in a “rich land” like Catalonia, if they leave it is due to a lack of trust. With other types of policies, he added, there would be many who would want to settle. The regional fiscal policy announcements will be made by Alejandro Fernández in the coming days.
The president of the PP has considered that a larger party is taking shape in Catalonia, the “party that everyone expected. He has therefore asked for the support of those who want to leave behind the division of society with a project “for everyone.”
In the event, which began with the strains of People Have the Power by Patti Smith, Alejandro Fernández spoke first, also appealing to the unity of the party, and thanking all those who have gone through these “difficult years.” ” with the PP. The changes in the educational model, the drought, security and fiscal policy have been the axes of his speech, focused on defending a Catalonia that is committed to “the illusion.”
