Sánchez emphasizes that the power to "expel migrants is the responsibility of the central Administration"

Announces that the Government will approve a law to protect minors from porn on the internet

MADRID, 14 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has rejected that Catalonia can expel immigrants, after reaching an agreement with Junts to cede immigration powers to the Generalitat, because "the expulsion of migrants is the responsibility of the General Administration of the State."

"I am not saying that (that Catalonia expels immigrants), on the contrary. The Migration and Asylum Pact of the European Union is quite clear. We are moving towards a community policy," he commented this Sunday in an interview with 'El País' , collected by Europa Press, in which he addresses his relationship with Junts, with the PP or Bildu.

The President of the Government affirms that what they have given is what is recognized in the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia in matters of migration policy. "They will logically ask for the powers they consider, but, ultimately, it is a parliamentary procedure that will require that all political forces implement all our policies and reach a point of agreement," he indicates.

In this sense, it is ugly that migration is equated with crime and praises that Spain is an example for Europe in terms of migration policy. "I hear it when I talk to European leaders. We are having a humanist immigration policy and that is the intention, the will of the Government of Spain," she explains.

On the other hand, he described as "extraordinary" news that political formations that "rejected" any type of constructive participation in the governance of Spain, "are doing so today." "That is not a sign of weakness. It is, on the contrary, a sign of strength," he emphasizes.

"Is it worth it for our democracy to be better, more complete, by incorporating into the system political parties that until yesterday promoted a unilateral declaration of independence? The answer is emphatically yes," he asserts.

Sánchez remembers that when he came to the Government, one of the main concerns of citizens were corruption and the independence of Catalonia. "Today, five years later, 95% of Spanish citizens think that corruption is not a problem. And 98% of citizens, almost 99%, think that the independence of Catalonia is not a problem. Well, something "We will have done well. The alternative is a permanent state of exception on the part of the right and the extreme right," he points out.

On the other hand, he affirms that he does not feel blackmailed by Junts, as the leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, says, and regrets that when the left makes a pact with nationalism it identifies with "selling Spain in pieces." "When the right governs and makes pacts with peripheral nationalism, it turns out that it is synonymous with a sense of State. When the left does it, what we are doing is little less than blackmailing or selling pieces to Spain. No, what we are doing is be consistent with Title VIII of our Constitution," he says.

Regarding the PP, Sánchez affirms that "I wish" it could reach an agreement with the PP to carry out policies such as the revaluation of pensions. "How does the PP explain to its voters over 65 years of age that they have voted against revaluing pensions? By the way, with a leader who earns three salaries," he questions.

In this regard, he criticizes that the PP has "breached" the Constitution and not the independentists by not being able to renew the CGPJ. "I have reached three agreements with the PP, all three broken unilaterally by the PP. I have a somewhat crude diagnosis of Mr. Feijóo's leadership. I do not think he is an autonomous leader. I think he is a leader who is more aware of the front page of the right-wing media that tells you where you have to go," he says.

During the interview, Sánchez is asked about the discomfort of Spanish citizens with the amnesty law, and the President of the Government alludes to the "real Spain" that voted on July 23 and to the more than 50 deputies who asked the PSOE for the rule. .

"I had to respond to a dilemma, which was whether we continued with a progressive coalition government, with all the difficulties that evidently entails in carrying out the laws in a fragmented Parliament, as we are seeing, or we gave Feijóo the opportunity to govern. with Abascal," he commented.

Likewise, he acknowledges that his intention is to meet with Puigdemont after the amnesty law is approved and also with Oriol Junqueras. "If we are normalizing the situation in Catalonia, if we have previously pardoned these independence leaders and others, indeed, along with many other people, if we are going to proceed with a transcendent event such as the amnesty, then it is evident that we will have to meet and talk," he admitted.

On the other hand, Pedro Sánchez has announced that he will approve a comprehensive law for the protection of minors on the internet and warns of a "real epidemic of minors who have access to pornographic content."

"The data are devastating. One in four young people under 12 years old has had or has access to and consumes porn. Almost half of young people under 15 years old consume it. And this is not puritanism. This affects training of our adolescents and also to the future behaviors they may have in an issue as transcendental as equality," he stated.

The president assures that these contents affect the training of young people and their "present and future behavior." For this reason, he will propose a "country agreement" to protect children and adolescents online, which will have three axes. "The first, the approval of a comprehensive law for the protection of minors on the internet; the second, the approval of a multidisciplinary strategy from the field of education, digital skills, also in the field of equality; and finally , the creation of devices that prevent access to such pornographic content for minors. This is something we are already working on with the Data Protection Agency and the Mint and Stamp Factory," he explained.