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According to the sources consulted by ECD , the message that the big Catalan businessmen are conveying to Mas these days, in private meetings, is that he begins to make gestures with the central government to reduce the tone of the relations between Madrid and Barcelona on account of his sovereign aspirations. In exchange, the businessmen consider that the president of the Generalitat could begin to negotiate with Moncloa the path towards a future economic agreement, in the style that the Basque Country enjoys . The majority of major Catalan managers have been living with concern for weeks about the dangerous drift that the independence climate that has been unleashed since the Diada demonstration could mean for their businesses. The businessmen have asked Rajoy for a gesture As reported in these pages, Catalan businessmen fear that, after the elections, a Convergencia-Esquerra government will be formed in Catalonia . They consider that this would be a catastrophe . For this reason, they have addressed Mariano Rajoy in recent weeks also asking him for some gesture towards Catalonia to avoid a radicalization of Artur Mas' pro-independence positions that would lead CiU to that pro-independence coalition.
They believe that any concession by the Government, for example, on the fiscal pact or with an improvement in the regional financing model, would calm Mas's radical aspirations, which many of these businessmen consider, in intimate circles, "impossible and Special Database that "They're not going to get anywhere . "A tandem composed of the former Minister of Defense, Carme Chacón , and the general secretary of the socialist parliamentary group in Congress, Eduardo Madina . This is the proposal that Zapatero is commenting on to the people he has spoken to in recent days, as El Confidencial Digital has learned . The former president of the Government is especially concerned about the future of his party and, according to socialist sources, at some point he has suggested that it is the ideal time to launch a complete renovation of the party leadership. He is in favor, therefore, of Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba giving way to a new generation. According to the comments that Zapatero has made to people around him, the former president of the Government is committed to giving the opportunity to young people and for them to be the ones to pilot the transition. The party is mired in a deep crisis and a new batch of leaders must be found, he believes. coalition team Zapatero's bet to lead the post-Rubalcaba PSOE is the following: -- The aforementioned tandem Carme Chacón – Eduardo Madina.
It must be remembered that Esperanza Aguirre resigned in September with a feeling of discomfort with Rajoy : she blamed the president for the fact that the Government left her alone in the battle for Eurovegas , and she did not agree with the cut of 1,000 million to the Budgets of the Madrid's community. “What transparency?” The accident that occurred on Halloween night at the Madrid Arena has been one of the points of confrontation between both leaders of the PP. Esperanza Aguirre asked to go to the end of the investigation, “ no matter who falls ,” which has been interpreted as a direct attack on Ana Botella. People around Aguirre privately accuse the city council of not acting correctly in managing the tragedy. They emphasize that Botella's team is not showing its face, neither to citizens nor to journalists. “What transparency? They are not giving any explanation ,” exclaims one of the people closest to Esperanza Aguirre. These sources affirm that the 'leader' would not have acted like this. For example, she would never call press conferences without questions, as Botella did.