The Government begins its new stage with the aim of implanting a positive message from Catalonia

The Government believes that a new phase is opening in Catalonia after the granting of the pardons and that the time has come to overcome the framework in which the

continued to set the political agenda, with its economic and social derivatives. La Moncloa's intention is to open a new stage in which messages related to Catalonia overcome the context of permanent tension and crisis of recent years. “You have to talk about Catalonia in other terms. Catalonia deserves that we all talk about it in other terms, as a leading territory in the automotive industry ”, stressed Isabel Rodríguez in her first appearance as spokesperson after the remodeling that Pedro Sánchez carried out this Saturday.

The new Minister of Territorial Policy, a portfolio that will combine with the Government spokesperson, has made it clear that La Moncloa continues to grant the utmost importance to Catalonia although the objective for the remainder of the legislature is to open the focus and address the structural problems in the rest of the country. "Catalonia of course is a key piece in the territorial development of our country," stressed Rodríguez, who has made it clear that the Government is not going to neglect the situation in the community. “The framework is given: to advance in coexistence, to end a very difficult situation in social coexistence. The president has marked this route with the clear objective of improving it in Catalonia. Channels and tools have been opened. You have to know how to take advantage of them ”.

Faced with the suspicion of sovereign sectors who understand that there is a change in strategy with respect to Catalonia due to the replacement of Miquel Iceta, Rodríguez's predecessor in the ministry and first secretary of the PSC, as the new Minister of Culture, the new head of Policy Territorial has recognized "the leadership of Catalonia in many areas" and has even highlighted the "affective ties" that unite its community, Castilla-La Mancha, with Catalonia due to the emigration of thousands of people to its industrial sector. “There is no doubt about my affection for Catalonia, the Catalans and the Catalans. There has been no change of address. It is about recovering a path of dialogue with the only clear objective of improving coexistence ”, he has settled after the first meeting of the renewed Council of Ministers.