nt us to get back our desire for broad consensus and to reject strategies that seek to impose one group’s ideas over another’s. I want collaboration and strategic agreements on nationwide issues.

I want to see a return to efficiency — and to sanity. I want our proud, pragmatic Catalan spirit back.

new elections for the Catalan Parliament.

the matter of independence has divided Catalans, distanced us from the European Union and frightened away banks and businesses. A resolution is necessary.

independence movement in Catalonia is still acting irresponsibly by threatening a unilateral declaration of independence

federal financing system should function as an alliance between the Catalonia tax office and the federal tax administration.

Second, the Catalan government should have exclusive jurisdiction over issues like language, education and culture. The Spanish state should guarantee that it will defend and encourage the use of all of Spain’s languages.

Catalonia is a nation that exists within Spain must be recognized

This new agreement, which should culminate in federal constitutional reform, must address several objectives.

the support of a much broader majority

The Socialist Party of Catalonia, which I lead, has a plan to move forward. We refuse to choose between paralysis and secessionism. We do not want to see a minority — or even a slim majority — of Catalans impose their views on the rest of the population on this issue

the matter of independence has divided Catalans

A minority cannot be allowed to impose its opinion upon the rest of Catalonia.

Some of it belongs to the pro-independence faction in Catalonia’s regional parliament, which chose to disregard the law and schedule an independence referendum for Oct. 1. But the central government in Madrid deserves much of the blame for the crisis, too. Incapable of negotiating with Catalans, it delegated the matter to the judicial branch, which issued an order forbidding the referendum, an order that ultimately led to the police’s use of excessive force against voters.

The relationship between Catalonia and the rest of Spain has become a serious institutional crisis

it must be resolved as soon as possible

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