Juanma Moreno, President of the Government of Andalusiashowed his performance this Friday discomfort with the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchezfor him Catalan quotadue to the “lack of control” in the immigration policy and for the underfunding which the Andalusian community has been suffering for years. He did so at the meeting held with Sanchez inside Moncloa Palacewhere they have been for about an hour and a half “without there being any specific commitment to Andalusia,” he lamented. Dark.
“I come out of this meeting without any specific commitment to Andalusia. “I cannot convey to public opinion any type of specificity or any type of commitment, because obviously there has been none from the President of the Government,” Moreno said after the meeting with Sanchezto whom he reminded that “785 days have passed since the last Conference of Presidents. Since then, we have not had any multilateral meeting between the President of the Government and the different autonomous communities nor with Ceuta and Melilla.
Catalan quota
“Among the topics we have discussed, I want to start with the main one for me. The first request we have received today is to ask the President of the Government to withdraw the single funding for Catalonia, this Catalan quota that was put on the table following the negotiation with MRC for the investiture of Salvador Illa as president of the Generalitat of Catalonia“, said Moreno, who believes that “this Catalan quota weakens Spain”. “Andalusia will clearly be defeated if this financing model finally sees the light of day. Andalusia would lose around 6 billion and the whole system close to 32 billion euros“That is why I informed the president that it was a mistake,” explained the Andalusian president.
“I want the best for Catalonia. If there is a community that has close ties with Catalonia East Andalusia. I myself was born in Barcelona. It is a community that we love and respect. But the best future for Catalonia is not built only by taking into account the Catalonia “It represents the independence movement, but with all Catalans,” Moreno said.
“Andalusia has a duty to defend fairness and equality among all Spaniards. And this is something that has unfortunately deteriorated in recent years with the different decisions taken by the government. Spanish Government“, continued a Dark who assured that “if the Catalan quota is not removed, Andalusia “He will use every instrument at his disposal to make him withdraw.”
Financing and immigration
“We have a problem in the autonomous communities. The Constitution and the statutes tell us that we must provide a series of services. Services that have become more expensive due to the aging of the population, such as healthTHE dependenceTHE education…And we have to face new challenges with funding that is decreasing more and more and that does not meet these needs,” Moreno said.
“I expressed my concern about migration. I asked the President of the Government for maximum coordination and maximum transparency. It is not possible that migrants arrive in an autonomous community and we have no knowledge or information. We learned about it through the media,” explained the party leader. Andalusian PP (PP-A).
“The autonomous communities must provide sanitary reinforcement equipment to the migrants who arrive. And sometimes we cannot prepare it because no one has informed us,” he said. Darkwho asked Sánchez for “economic cooperation.” “We assume, beyond our possibilities and resources, how thousands of migrants arrive in our communities and we have to welcome them without the economic capacity to do so,” he explained.
This is why the Andalusian president asked Sanchez “more efforts in border control for the irregular immigration“Immigration must be regulated and not uncontrolled,” he explained.
Document submitted
Juanma Moreno took advantage of the meeting to deliver to Pedro Sánchez a new document containing 100 claims, many of which are already included in the files that she delivered to the President of the Government during the two previous meetings in which they met. Moncloain June 2021 and July 2022, and which are still pending.
Dark In his meeting with Sánchez, he stressed the urgent need to provide communities with sufficient economic resources to pay for essential public services, in a fair and transparent manner. This requires us to withdraw the Catalan quota and return to the path of multilaterality in the Conference of Presidents And Fiscal and Financial Policy Councilsince Moreno considers that these types of meetings are not the appropriate forum to agree on regional financing. “What belongs to everyone cannot be shared at a table of two,” they explain to OKDIARIO Andalusia sources close to Juanma Moreno.
He also hopes to receive positive news regarding investments in Andalusia in matters falling within the competence of the State such as railof roads, energy or of watersareas in which the State has many pending issues in our autonomous community. Finally, the Andalusian president offered Sánchez first-hand, concrete and correct data on health, educational classroomsinvestment in early childhood educationpolicy taxes And execution of European fundsafter confirming, through recent statements by Sánchez himself and other members of his government, that Moncloa is dealing with information that is, let’s say, inaccurate.
