Interview with Pascual Maragall (see post below), published April 25 from Europe, and significant excerpts of which were presented the same days from El Pais, has not gone unnoticed in Spain, sparking controversy rather hot.
Maragall said he "saw in hindsight, the effort to reform the Catalan Statute," the rules governing prerogatives and powers of the autonomy and central government, "is not worth it." Indeed, "it was a mistake." Explosive statement, as Maragall was the first promoter of reform, which has raised serious national controversy.
number of statements by politicians and dozens of articles, commentaries and editorials have held the story for about two weeks in the spotlight. Then blogs and journals telematics. In all, hundreds of pages relating to statements Maragall. Here we link a small part. A bit 'to allow those interested to follow (in English) steps. A bit 'for sodddisfazione.
begin by page of El Pais reported that some passages of the interview and from which came the controversy in Spain. Of course, you spoke Maragall's successor at the helm of the Generalitat, José Montilla, during the session control of the Catalan government held May 4 in Parlament, saying that "respects but shares very little" thinking of Maragall. Words that come after ten days of controversy, started when El Pais reported, in conjunction with Italy, the content of the interview with Europe.
Eduardo Zapalana, parliamentary spokesman of the PP, from Berlin, where he met with his counterpart of the CDU, Volker Kauder, ironically said that "it is good to see that finally proves your point." While the secretary of the party, Mariano Rajoy, has stressed "the courage and integrity of Maragall," even if "the belated confession now is useless."
Sconcerto and prudence in the ranks and among socialist allies. Carod Rovira, the Esquerra Republicana (ERC), the Catalan left-wing party, he recalled Erc that came out of the majority for what he now says Maragall, namely the moderation of the new statute. While the president of rossoverdi IC-V, Carlos Saura, the text "represents the highest degree of autonomy from the Catalunya ever gotten."
A roundup of reactions to the heat of the Catalan parties are here.
Maragall has also said in another interview that he "felt betrayed by Zapatero," which was not consequent to his federalist ideas. You touched the vice president, María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, intervene to say that "according to the executive the Catalan community has a large Statute, good for the Catalans and Spain. "
Newspapers and commentators, with dozens of articles and editorials, have sought the reason for 'offensive Maragall, by some considered inappropriate . For some, the Catalan leader is now closer to the PSOE and unconditional support given to the Italian Democratic Party could be a clue: Spain "federal-differential" sought by Maragall could come from the formation of a new Democratic Party that subverts the comparison between national parties and nationalists. For other , even in Spain would be the time ripe for shuffling the maps of the twentieth-century ideological allegiances and create new political entities. It should be Maragall heard. Nearly three weeks from the interview, the last intervention is still Jose Montilla, who is said convinced that, over time, Maragall rectify its position on ' Estatut .
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