The streets of the capital may be fuller than some places of power.
Next Thursday, January 19, on the first day of the demonstrations against the pension reform, the main faces of the executive are announced on the other side of the Pyrenees.
According to the Catalan daily
La Vanguardia
, Emmanuel Macron, Elisabeth Borne and a dozen of their ministers are expected in Barcelona for a Franco-Spanish summit.
Contacted this Wednesday, neither the Élysée nor Matignon wished to comment on this agenda conflict, which could force the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister to follow the national situation from a distance.
Including in the event of overflows in the processions.
It must be said that the Spanish authorities took particular care in organizing this event.
In preparation for months, it would have come up against a time, according to diplomatic sources quoted by AFP, the differences between the two countries on the file of the gas pipeline "MidCat".
This subject having recently been settled by an agreement, France and Spain now intend to devote themselves to the signing of their “
treaty of friendship and cooperation
” which “
will bear
”, according to the Spanish government, “
the name of “ Treaty of Barcelona”
".
A setting of the record straight, according to Madrid, where we demanded a strong act formalizing the proximity with the tricolor neighbor.
As can be the Franco-German couple, or the “Quirinal Treaty” ratified between Paris and Rome in November 2021.
