Míriam Nogueras conditions Junts' support for a PSOE without Sánchez: "It's not just about Spanish right or left, it's about Catalonia"

Junts has opened the door this Tuesday to supporting an investiture of a PSOE Government not led by Pedro Sánchez, but only if the socialists put on the table proposals that benefit Catalonia.

The Junts candidate for Congress, Míriam Nogueras, conveyed this approach in a press conference reviewing the legislature, in which she revived the so-called Starmer path and argued that stepping aside can end up benefiting everyone. Her message, however, does not imply automatic support: Junts maintains that it will set conditions and that each negotiation must pass through the filter of its demands.

All of this comes after Junts, weeks ago, ruled out investing Sánchez and also facilitating a PP-Vox government.

Junts pressures the PSOE and puts Catalonia at the center of the negotiation

Nogueras recalled that the PP won the 2023 elections and did not govern, and stressed that Sánchez has already had his opportunity. According to her, the socialists will have to decide "if Pedro Sánchez is more important than the party or than reaching consensuses and being able to move forward."

The Junts leader has placed the discussion outside the usual axis of Spanish politics and has insisted that the debate "is not just about Spanish right or left, it is about Catalonia." In this framework, she has defended that her party has "free hands" to demand, negotiate and stand firm, and has presented Junts as the useful party of "strictly Catalan obedience" that runs in the elections.

The spokesperson has maintained that, with seven deputies, Junts has demonstrated the capacity to condition what is decided in Madrid. She has also reproached Sánchez for having "parked Catalonia," a decision that, according to her diagnosis, explains why Junts has stopped supporting the president.

The economic agreement and the social agenda, among the demands that Junts will bring to any pact

Among the conditions that Junts plans to bring to an eventual negotiation is the economic agreement. Nogueras has summarized this demand with a direct formula: "The money of Catalans, in Catalonia."

The leader has stated that this issue was already included in the Brussels agreement signed with the socialists, and has framed the request as part of a broader strategy to strengthen Catalonia's ability to influence Madrid. At the same time, she has defended that her party has achieved agreements that were considered impossible during this legislature, including the Amnesty Law and the use of Catalan in Congress.

In the same appearance, the Junts representatives in the Cortes have reviewed initiatives they want to promote in the next parliamentary stage, with special attention to economic and social measures. The party insists on eliminating the Inheritance and Gift Tax, adjusting the personal income tax (IRPF) to the cost of living, lowering the VAT on electricity and gas, reducing the tax burden on Catalans and demanding compliance with investments, also in Rodalies.F

Junts has also claimed its action in immigration, security, housing and justice. It has stated that it has promoted a law to request the delegation of immigration powers to Catalonia, that it has stopped the distribution of unaccompanied minors that it considers unfair and that it opposes a massive regularization; it has also celebrated the law against repeat offending and has demanded a similar response for occupations, while criticizing the policies of the "extreme left" on housing.

In the institutional chapter, the group has highlighted the investigation commission on Operation Catalonia, the blocking of PSOE reforms in justice matters, such as the so-called Bolaños laws, and the approval of the ALS Law, which Junts presented as its first initiative in this legislature.