The negotiation of PP and Cs fails: there will be no “integration” neither in Catalonia nor in the European ones and Adrin Vázquez, ‘orange’ leader, resigns

Black smoker. And definitive. There will be no integration of Ciudadanos into the PP. Not even for the catalan elections nor for the European. This is how you can advance it THE WORLD after confirming it by official sources familiar with the end of the negotiations. The attempt to “widen” the candidacy popular With the entry of Cs it has been frustrated by the refusal of senior officials oranges of Catalonia to be diluted in other acronyms.

In addition, the general secretary of Ciudadanos, Adrian Vazquez, presents his resignation at the head of the party as he did not have the support of his people for his proposal. “Having not been able to complete the objective for which we began this search for an agreement after the mandate of the Executive of my party, and given that I cannot even offer my commitment to a cause in which I do not believe nor do I want to be an obstacle for my colleagues “I have decided to step aside and put my position as general secretary at the disposal of the party, immediately, so that others can take the reins from now on,” he says. “I do it from the sadness of disappointment but also from the tranquility of someone who has tried until the end,” he laments.

Vázquez affirms that “there has been good will and harmony on the part of those who have sat at the table to try to reach an agreement, but the media noise and everything that, in the midst of the negotiation process, has been published in the media “have not helped bring the negotiation to a successful conclusion.”

“We have tried everything, and I can say for my part, with the utmost serenity and good conscience, that I have also tried everything to guarantee a future for this political project in which, like so many others, I have dedicated many years of my life.” “he adds in his statement.

This newspaper already anticipated last night that the agreement was “almost impossible” for that reason. And this Friday morning, the negotiators, Adrin Vázquez (general secretary of Cs) and Cuca Gamarra (general secretary of the PP), have completed the end of the talks, both for the autonomous elections of the May 12 as for the community members of the June 9.

The closing of the negotiations has occurred by mutual agreement and with as much harmony as regret. The Cs leadership did not have support from some of the fundamental actors to be able to close it, and the PP could not run the “risk” that later the Catalan officials of the liberal formation would leave the parliamentary group and go to the party. Mixed Group.

Carrizosa opposition

What happened for the negotiations to fail after being quite on track? One of the keys is the resounding message of Carlos Carrizosa in an interview in this newspaper yesterday. For the Cs spokesperson in the Parliamentthe agreement that Genoa and the dome sought to articulate orange “It would mean asking our party to simply disappear, and to be integrated into the acronym of another party that has never had the possibility, nor the desire, to effectively combat nationalism.” And “it is outside the statutes to propose integration and dissolution in another party,” he added.

The only approach of the PP was the total incorporation of Cs in its lists, and that it would materialize now. But they recognize that the “difficulties” that have ruined this idea have come from the tension of Cs in Catalonia. The popular They point out that the agreement would have occurred if Carrizosa had not opposed it.

But given that refusal, Gnova could not take “risks,” the sources insist. “How did you assure us that the parliamentary group would not break up?” Gamarra had told Vázquez on Thursday, according to sources.

“I am and have been in favor of joining forces and putting aside differences and divisions that pale next to the gravity of the moment,” insists Vzquez. “I have kept it private and in public. Inside my party and outside. As general secretary and as an affiliate of Ciudadanos. With honesty and pride,” he laments.

The national leadership of Cs is going to celebrate this Friday a National Committee, according to the same sources, at 6:30 p.m. But now to consummate the failure of the negotiations, and channel it organically.

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