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The independence parties of Catalonia are increasing the pressure for the Ministry of Interior to transfer to the National Police Corps of its central headquarters in Via Laietana . It is a strategic objective, because for separatism it is the symbol of the presence of the State in the autonomous capital. The department headed by Fernando Grande-Marlaska rejects the eviction "for now." Police unions fear that Pedro Sánchez will yield to be able to form a government with the help of ERC.

The pressure of nationalism on the deployment of the State Security Forces is neither new nor exclusive to Catalonia. The cornering of both the National Police and the Civil Guard in this community, the Basque Country and Navarre has increased.

The Headquarters of Via Laietana has suffered violent attacks by the most radical factions of independence after the police intervention in 1-O and, especially, after knowing the conviction against the leaders of the process . Likewise, Junts per Catalunya, ERC and the sovereign organizations have initiated a campaign to relate the Headquarters with the Franco regime.

On the other hand, for the defenders of constitutionalism the police headquarters is the symbol of permanence of the State. Backup images to agents are very common after they suffer from separatist harassment.

The waters have calmed down the streets, at least for now, but the pressure increases at the political level. The Barcelona City Council initiative presented by ERC, and supported by the PSC, calls for the abandonment of the Police of its most emblematic building in Barcelona. They want to turn it into a museum about Franco's repression, an old vindication that now gains strength again. In the case of Catalonia, the Ministry of Interior, despite the express support of the PSC, is also not willing to give up, "for the moment", to that claim and take the Police out of the Via Laietana.

The PSC "humiliates" the police

The critical voices within the police force in the face of this movement of the Barcelona City Council have risen sharply. In fact, the National Police made it clear that "there is no plan or plan" to abandon the building. The Unified Police Union denounced that the PSC has joined this initiative "humiliates" the police.

From Jupol , the majority trade union organization, a letter has been sent to Minister Grande-Marlaska, who refuses to leave Via Laietana when he sees "no reason, neither functional nor operational." "We believe that behind this initiative are the consequences of the government pact reached between PSOE and Unidos Podemos," they allege.

The ERC proposal in the Barcelona City Council prospered on Tuesday with the support of the PSC, BComú and JxCat, and the rejection of Citizens, PP and BCN Canvi .

The exit of the Police from that building is one of the obsessions of Mayor Ada Colau. Among its objectives was to close the model prison - he succeeded - and the leadership - on the way to it. Despite the current refusal of Interior, in the National Police they assume that Sánchez has agreed with Podemos to leave.

"We know that sooner or later it will be a reality. Everything has been spoken and agreed between Sánchez and Podemos for a long time," police sources say. "If the Government yields, it will be the first step for the Police and the Civil Guard to leave Catalonia. The headquarters is a symbol of the State, it is a political issue," they point out. The building is owned by the National Police - since it was a direct transfer from a private individual - not from the ministry.

At the same time, the movements in Navarra of the formations that support the Foral Government seek to expel the Civil Guard from that community, and want them to abandon their competencies in Traffic . The pressure was so clear and strong that even the director general of the Corps had to go out to public opinion to reduce this pressure. Of course, with another temporary refusal.

Félix Azón said last Monday that "the transfer to Traffic competencies, skills developed by the Civil Guard, is not immediately planned". He said that those who propose that the Armed Institute leave the Community are those who want "the territory is not vertebrate." His message, despite trying to release a message of tranquility, what he does is generate even more suspicion because it implies that the skills will be finally transferred.

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