Junts expects the transfer of immigration to Catalonia to be ready by the end of the year and unlinks it from the PGE

September 17 () –

Junts is confident that the transfer of immigration powers to Catalonia, which it has agreed with the Government, can be approved before the end of the year and separates this issue from the negotiation for the General State Budget for 2025.

The transfer of immigration policies is part of the agreement signed with the socialists so that Carles Puigdemont’s party abstained last January in the vote on the Government’s omnibus decree, which is why, they point out, the negotiation on this matter is not linked to that of the General State Budget.

This is what sources from Carles Puigdemont’s party have explained, pointing out that the working group created to negotiate this competence is still working and that they hope that the rest of the Government’s investiture partners will oppose the transfer when it is debated in Congress.

NO CONTACT FOR BUDGETS

Regarding the general budget, the secretary general of Junts, Jordi Turull, warned this Tuesday that the PSOE has created a “context that makes it very complicated” for his party to support the General State Budget (PGE) for 2025.

Last July, with its vote against, Junts caused Congress to reject the budgetary stability objectives presented by the Government. Next Thursday, the three-year stability path returns to the Plenary Session of the Lower House for debate and subsequent voting, without the Government having secured sufficient support to approve it.

Junts say they have not had any contact with the Government to negotiate its approval but are willing to talk, although they insist that they will once again reject the stability objectives if the Government does not go beyond what was presented, which is the same thing they took to Congress in July.

CONVERSATIONS ON OTHER MATTERS CONTINUE

Despite everything, relations between Puigdemont’s party and the central government are not at a standstill. Both parties continue to work for the official status of Catalan in the European Union, and as they have detailed, the conversations on this matter are working very well.

Junts also explains that monthly meetings outside Spain are still taking place with the presence of an international mediator who agreed with the PSOE to support Sánchez’s investiture, but has refused to give details in this regard.