Yolanda Díaz: "After talking with Puigdemont I am convinced that there will be a progressive government"

The leader of Sumar, Yolanda Díaz, has expressed hope that there will be a new progressive government in Spain after the dialogue she held last Monday in Brussels with the former president of the Catalan Generalitat Carles Puigdemont.

"After the conversation with Mr. Puigdemont, I am convinced that there is going to be a progressive government in Spain and that, furthermore, we have to see Catalonia not as a problem but as a real opportunity," she reported in Italy.

This Monday Díaz, together with the leader of En Comú Podem, Jaume Asens, met in Parliament for three hours with Puigdemont. After the meeting, both parties issued a joint statement in which they underlined their willingness to "explore all democratic solutions to unblock the political conflict." Also during the last dates from Sumar they have defended that an eventual amnesty law would have a constitutional fit.

During a dialogue with the secretary of the Democratic Party, Elly Schlein, and the deputy in the Italian Parliament Andrea Orlando, on the occasion of his attendance at the Unity Party organized by progressive formations, Díaz has claimed that Spain is a "diverse" country " with a "wealth" of cultures, languages ​​and ways of doing politics makes them better.

Consequently, it has celebrated that in Congress they have the possibility of being able to intervene in different co-official languages ​​as a result of the bill to reform the regulations of the chamber that have been registered by PSOE, Sumar, ERC, Bildu, PNV and BNG.

Thus, he has recounted that he has spoken with various Catalan leaders and believes that "absolutely" there will be a progressive executive that will allow progress at an economic level, in terms of work, in feminism and in the fight against climate change.

On the other hand, he has claimed that a "social" Europe is needed that has workers "inside" and does not generate more disaffection towards politics, which is a "breeding ground for populism."

In this way, he has promised that a policy based on the "mistakes of the past" cannot be applied, that is, on the "cuts" and has charged against the policy of the European Central Bank with an increase in interest rates "without control ", which generates" enormous impoverishment and discomfort" in the social classes.

Then, focusing on 23J, Díaz conveyed a message of "hope" to the progressive forces given that Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the right and the extreme right "are not inevitable" and they can be defeated.

Thus, he has reported that an example is the electoral campaign of the generals, which was very difficult with its bases "emotionally defeated" after the 28M elections, but in the end they gave a "democratic lesson" and went out to "win", leaving a progressive and multinational majority after 23J.

Subsequently, he has explained that the "central battle" on the continent is to combat inequality and for this it is essential to improve the minimum wage. "More than ever we need people to improve their salaries because the impact of inflation impoverishes us all," he stressed.

He has also called to focus on the "indecent" that many people have on the boards of directors of large companies in Europe, with remuneration that can reach 42,000 euros a day in some cases, and it is "those people who Defends Georgia Meloni".

"That is why the battle in Italy for the representation of the class unions is strategic (...) You cannot govern a country without the social agents," he recounted.