Emiliano García-Page and Pedro Sánchez saw each other in La Moncloa. They did it in a “cordial” and “respectful” atmospherebut the president of Castilla La Mancha remained firm in his opposition to the new regional financing model, a debate which, in his words, has been and will be at the center of the political debate in the coming months.
During a press conference held after his meeting with Pedro Sánchez, the socialist explained that maintained before the president the approach he has always presented in matters of regional financing. “It will be difficult for them to find any institutional conflict against me, let alone a lack of respect,” he said.
Page insisted that “any funding system exists because a basic model cannot be discussed or reconsidered because the Constitution makes it clear.” In this sense, the president of the region recalled that “The wealth of Spain belongs to everyone, it is national, it is not a cliché or a protocol, it is a concept that has a lot of meaning”. “Therefore, I am opposed and Castilla La Mancha will always be opposed to the fact that wealth begins to be divided by territories,” he defended.
“The wealth of Castile-La Mancha does not belong to the inhabitants of Castile-La Mancha, just as that of Catalonia does not belong to the Catalans. It belongs to everyone. This is why, If someone seeks to distribute wealth across 17 states, that is not a constitutional model and this is something that contravenes the fundamental principles of fairness and equality,” he said.
“Obviously, the difficulty of negotiating or coming to an agreement with those who want to break unity is that they are directly attacking the most sacred thing, which is equality. It is not just a matter of world have more, but let no one get more than everyone else” Page stated relentlessly, while adding that “the economy cannot be divided into 17 parts, just as it is not necessary that. “there are 17 markets or 17 tax policies, quite the contrary”.
