He president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Morenoannounced that he would meet next Friday with the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchezat the Moncloa Palace, as part of the series of meetings that the head of the Central Executive plans to hold with regional leaders, although the Andalusian president wanted to clarify that at this meeting he will not negotiate “bilaterally on financing”.
“I am clear: I will defend Andalusia above all. I say yes to dialogue, but I will not negotiate bilaterally on financing. Andalusia is neither more nor less than anyone else“, declared the Chairman of the Board in a message published on social networks.
In addition, Moreno reminded Sánchez that “he must call the Conference of Presidents“The last time the head of the Central Executive gathered the regional leaders was two and a half years ago, in March 2022, due to the crisis caused by the eruption of the La Palma volcano. Subsequently, she was requested several times without success.
Ten days ago, after the summit in Madrid of the PP leader, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, with the regional presidents of the party, Moreno said that he “ready” to “dialogue” with Sánchez, but he set red lines for the meeting: neither negotiating bilaterally with the Executive on regional financing nor on “laundering transfers to the Catalan independence movement.”
Moreno’s statements come 24 hours after the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, asked the popular barons to reject the bilateral meetings proposed by Sánchez. “He will try to bribe us one by one,” he warned then.
Moreno to claim “pending debts”
For her part, the Minister of Economy, Finance and European Funds and spokesperson for the Council, Carolina España, added in statements distributed to the media that Moreno would attend the meeting with Sánchez with the aim of “claiming all the unpaid debts of the Government of Spain with Andalusia.”
Likewise, the President of the Council will tell Sánchez that Andalusia is “opposed to privileges” and that “all autonomous communities need more funds to provide quality public services and equality among citizens.”
The spokesman explained that the Council considers that “it is urgent and necessary to change the financing system, but with all the autonomies present, without reaching agreements with anyone, with their backs to the rest”, because “this has been done with privileged financing” for Catalonia.
“We know that it will be uncomfortable for Sánchez to hear all this, but the defense of Andalusia and the Andalusians is above all,” said Carolina España.
In addition to his meeting with Moreno, Pedro Sánchez will meet this Friday in Moncloa with the Basque Lehendakari, Imanol Pradales, and the same afternoon with the president of the Xunta de Galicia, Alfonso Rueda, thus beginning his series of contacts with the regional presidents. . once the cycle of electoral processes is completed.
