![]() Together for Catalonia, the party that was led by former Catalan chief Carles Puigdemont until earlier this year, insists that the talks are going nowhere and wants a more radical approach. The two rivals had managed to muddle along despite public discrepancies over what strategy to follow to reach the elusive dream of a breaking Catalonia away from the rest of Spain, an outcome that half of Catalans oppose.Īragonès' party backs negotiations with Spain's central government, which have coincided with pardons for jailed leaders of the 2017 bid, as the only way to eventually secure an authorized referendum on independence. ![]() “You don’t serve the best interest of the citizenry by abandoning your responsibilities. “My goal is that the winner is the country (of Catalonia),” Aragonès said after Borràs’ scathing attack. Still the political divorce is a blow to the region's separatist push, which has been floundering to find its way forward five years after its unsuccessful 2017 secession bid that landed several of its leaders in jail or on the run in Europe. “From today, we join the opposition … we don’t want to be in any government that does not advance toward independence.”Īragonès, who came to power last year, said his party will try to rule in the minority and that he does not plan to bring forward regional elections now set for 2025. ![]() ![]() He loses because he thought he could lead a coalition government, and today that is proven not to be true,” Together for Catalonia leader Laura Borràs said. “If we talk about winners or losers, Together for Catalonia wins and Pere Aragonès loses. ![]()
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