2023-11-27 03:38:09
First there was the request for help for Catalonia made by pro-independence supporters, after the 2017 referendum. Now it is the request for help for Spain, which comes from the opposition to the amnesty law.
The support of the 27 is important for both sides of the issue. In addition to the debate in the institutions and the path it may take in the courts, it will be very important to win over the minds and hearts of European public opinion. The narrative surrounding the Catalan issue will be one of the central themes of the next European elections.
“There is a battle for the narrative, it’s true. And the European elections are just around the corner. Will the playing field move to Brussels? Most likely yes. Will this have any effect on the part of European institutions? None, absolutely none”, considers Manuel de la Fuente, a specialist at Harmon Consulting.
The fact that the Spanish Government recognizes, in the amnesty law, the existence of a political conflict in Catalonia reinforces the pro-independence thesis.
Miquel Royo, the Secretary for External Action of the Government of Catalonia, emphasizes that the current Catalan president’s priority is to put the region back at the forefront of the European agenda and ensure that the message is clear and that this is a political conflict.” And now, we begin the second part of our negotiation, which is the fact that the Catalans want to decide their own future”, he highlights.
But the European Union has other priorities, mainly the rise of the far right and euroscepticism.
Brussels needs everything to face the bloc’s enemies.
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