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ERC maintains, for the time being, its negative vote for the extension of the state of alarm. The intense negotiations between the Catalan independence formation and the Government - with the direct participation of Pedro Sánchez - have not yet come to fruition. "We cannot support the state of alarm. The conditions do not exist to return abstention. We remain negative. Catalonia cannot be an agency, we have the powers and we want to direct the lack of confidence," concluded the spokeswoman for the Republicans. , Marta Vilalta .

But those of Oriol Junqueras do not rule out ending up facilitating the latest extension of the state of alarm with an abstention in the vote next Wednesday if in the next few hours they see their claims satisfied, which go through to end the single command, so that the health powers return to Catalonia and can decide autonomously on the de-escalation. "We will continue negotiating, but the government will have to do more," Vilalta has warned.

Republicans would be willing to accept that the state of alarm continues for another month as long as it serves only to guarantee the "minimum mobility" of the population until the first wave of the pandemic is finally settled. But ERC will only allow the extension with its abstention if the Government explicitly accepts the "co-governance" of the health crisis, something that they have not yet considered successful after the three meetings held between the negotiating teams of the Sánchez investiture and the various calls between the national coordinator of Pere Aragonès, the Prime Minister and the Vice President Carmen Calvo .

In addition, ERC wants the Government to guarantee that, in the event of a possible outbreak, it will not resort to the state of alarm again. Instead, Republicans propose using other legal mechanisms such as the Public Health Law. "You can never abuse such an exceptional instrument again," say Republicans. ERC also demands to set a date in the coming weeks to retake the negotiating table on the "Catalan political conflict". "Moving towards the Catalan republic and the health crisis are more linked than ever," said Vilalta, paying for the use of the pandemic to strengthen the secessionist account.

At an economic and social level, ERC claims that municipalities can use the accumulated surplus to cope with the effects of the pandemic and that parents can enjoy paid leave to care for their children. The second of these petitions is the one with the least agreement at the moment, according to Republican sources.

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