• The position of the PSOE.Adriana Lastra asks ERC for a "reflection" after convening her consultation because only PSOE and Podemos defend "the dialogue"
  • Negotiation.ERC presses Pedro Sánchez with an express consultation with his militants about the investiture

Pablo Iglesias, who aspires to become vice president of a PSOE-United Podemos coalition government, has opened the door for Pedro Sánchez to accept the requirement of ERC to constitute a "negotiating table" to address the independence problem in Catalonia. Condition imposed by the Republicans to facilitate the investiture of the socialist candidate.

"We are going to have a government that assumes the dialogue as the fundamental axis of the political action that faces the problem of plurinationality in Spain and Catalonia," said the leader of United Podemos before participating in a conference on anti-fascism in the Faculty of Law of the Complutense University of Madrid.

The arithmetic of the Congress makes the ERC votes essential and today is the fundamental piece left to unlock Sanchez's investiture. Therefore, Republicans have tried to strengthen their position by shielding their demand using their bases. Its militants are called on Monday to answer the following question: "Do you agree to reject the investiture of Pedro Sánchez if there is previously no political agreement with the State through a negotiating table?" Therefore, either there is a table or there will be no endowment.

Asked about it, Iglesias has assured that the "dialogue" with the independence forces will be "essential" to address the conflict in Catalonia and has advocated assuming the dialogue as a "fundamental axis" of the Government's action.

For there to be an investiture, Iglesias has indicated that both the PSOE and United We have to work in a "responsible manner" to achieve support and abstentions. A task that has been declared "optimistic." "I think we're going to get it," he said.

Regarding the negotiation that leaders of the PSOE and the United We can keep under absolute secrecy about the structure of the Coalition Government and the program to be developed, Iglesias has stressed the importance of acting with "discretion" and "seriousness".

"I think we are doing well. It is responsible, there are many expectations in this country for us to be a Government for all citizens to protect people from the prospect of an economic slowdown," he said.

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