Rajoy meets separatists – Page 12 (Registration)

Mariano Rajoy made a nod to the Catalan separatists in the middle of negotiations to form a government. Today authorize Catalonia, one of the most indebted regions, to issue short-term 680 million euros, outstanding amount of a request by Catalonia 5,100 million euros debt. Rajoy warned that citizens will veto it if it agrees with the Basque and Catalan nationalists, as happened in the election of the conservative Ana Pastor to head the Spanish Parliament. In this context crossfire, King Philip VI begin on Tuesday the round of contacts with the Spanish parliamentary parties to nominate the candidate who will seek to form a government after the second elections in six months, with no guarantee that Rajoy, who He was winning, achieve sufficient support

the news of the approach with the nationalists was leaked to the press after a meeting in Madrid between the Catalan economic vice president, the secessionist Oriol Junqueras.; the number two executive Rajoy, Soraya Saenz de Santamaria, and Acting Finance Minister Cristobal Montoro. Since the Spanish government assured that the meeting issues such as the interest of Barcelona, ​​capital of Catalonia addressed, to lodge an institution that can leave London as a result of Brexit.

Suspicions of a possible support of the PP Catalan nationalists in shaping the governing body of the Congress of Deputies generated a political earthquake. The (PSOE) and we were soon attributed to parties as the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia some of the ten votes mysterious that allowed PP and Citizens gain control of the Spanish lower house.

Citizen, born in 2006 anti-nationalist zeal in Catalonia, threatened to vote against Rajoy in a hypothetical investment if confirmed any pact with the separatists. The relations between them and the government of Rajoy were bad in the last five years following the independence challenge launched by the Catalan government, which currently holds. It is expected that the candidate arising from the round of meetings that King Philip VI begin on Tuesday is Rajoy, the most votes in the June elections, which were a repeat of the elections on 20 December. Conservative leader needs the support or at least abstention from other parties to successfully overcome the vote, which could be held in early August. It has 137 seats, 39 fewer than the absolute majority mark.