Spain will ask Macron today to reopen the eight border crossings that remain closed as soon as possible

• Catalonia Aragonès will "defend" Catalonia as a "State" against Sánchez and Macron and Junqueras will protest against the summit in the street

Barcelona is the city chosen by the Government to sign

a

that raises relations between the two countries to maximum levels.

It is a gesture with which La Moncloa wants to certify that its Catalan "reunion agenda" is valid and current, and that now the members of the Executive can go to Barcelona without being bunkered.

A Spanish-French summit in which the president of the Generalitat, Pere Aragonès, will have a testimonial role despite his claims to leadership, and in which the good harmony between Spain and France will not be enough to obscure the distant positions regarding the reopening of the eight border crossings that are still closed.

The Government wants the visit of Emmanuel Macron and the strengthening of the bilateral relationship with France to bear the surname of Barcelona.

A clear purpose of enhancing the image of Barcelona, ​​as they admit in La Moncloa, under the pretext of the key role that it will play in the

, the tube through which the green or pink hydrogen will be transported -the color is yet to be determined- from the

to

, but also as an exhibition window for a policy of dialogue that Sánchez wants to show off.

A symbolic staging that, however, will be cut short by the demonstration called against the holding of the summit and that will have the participation of ERC, with its leader Oriol Junqueras at the helm.

A situation that, as they admit from the heart of the Executive, is difficult to understand, that a party demonstrates against a summit in which it is present, but to which it tries to minimize importance, putting in the foreground the agreements on

,

,

or Social

to be signed.

Official status of Catalan in Europe

Summit and demonstration, therefore, test the state of health of the roadmap for the removal of Sánchez from court in Catalonia.

Late yesterday, it was not planned that there would be a bilateral meeting between the President of the Government and Pere Aragonès, beyond the minutes they can share first thing in the morning while they wait for Macron to receive him.

Yes, there will be a nod to the demands and demands of the Generalitat, since the Spanish delegation will defend, it will emphasize the demand for the official status of Catalan in Europe.

Cleaning staff clean the graffiti and posters against the Spanish-French summit. Quique Garcia EFE

The Treaty of Friendship that Spain and France sign today means climbing to the highest rung of the bilateral relationship, as demonstrated by the fact that our country only has a similar relationship with

, while the French until today would have limited it only to

and

.

Up to 10 ministers accompany Sánchez, including the three vice presidents, which gives a good account of the importance attached to the meeting.

Many issues are on the table: interconnections, the European energy market, the Mediterranean corridor, the war in Ukraine... and immigration, with the reopening of the eight border crossings that are still closed as one of Spain's great demands.

The Government wants the neighboring country to speed up the opening of these posts, something about which it is reluctant.

Executive sources admit that the French are concerned about migratory flows and, specifically, about what is called secondary movements.

A concern that they do not share in La Moncloa, where they defend that one of the most important assets of the EU is the Schengen area, which they remember means freedom of internal movement.

This appeal to

is what leads Spain to ask France to reopen these eight steps as soon as possible, it does not consider France's unilateral decision to be correct.

Sources from the Eliseo, regarding this controversy, explain that in this working day they intend to create a working group on the migration issue, specifically to address the capacity of both countries to establish operational units, or

, facing the reopening of the border crossings with Spain that have been closed since January 2021. France justifies these closures under the pretext of the threat to its security and they consider that it is still present, to which the migration issue is added.

It has eight closed, according to La Moncloa, out of 38. They insist on the French executive that the conditions must be assessed to be able to create these brigades and thus open these border points.

From the Spanish government, they cool down this French request to create these brigades, arguing that there is already close collaboration in terms of security between both countries and the government sources consulted did not show, before the summit, much expectation of going beyond cooperation already in force

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

Know more

• France

• Pere Aragones

• Generalitat of Catalonia

• Barcelona

• oriol junqueras

• CKD

• Emmanuel Macron