Presidents begin to arrive at a tense conference
The presidents of the autonomous communities are meeting this Friday for a Conference of Presidents, which is marked by tension ahead of the summit. In response to Pedro Sánchez's housing proposal for the summit, the communities governed by the Popular Party (eleven out of 17) offered eight agreements to ensure the meeting wouldn't be derailed.
Lively conversation between Ayuso and Page upon their arrival at the Conference, reports Mariano Alonso from the Pedralbes Palace.
The presidents of Congress and Senate greet each other upon arrival in Pedralbes.
Isabel Rodriguez, Diana Morant, Pilar Alegria, Monica Garcia and Felix Bolanos begin to greet each other.
The first and second vice presidents have just arrived at the Pedralbes Palace. There they met with Sara Aagesen, who had arrived minutes earlier. They are all greeting Illa, Torres, and the Catalan government delegate.
María José Sáenz de Buruaga is also already in Pedralbes and greeted Illa, Torres, and the Catalan government delegate.
Salvador Illa, Ángel Victor Torres, and the government delegate were responsible for welcoming the regional presidents. The prevailing note so far was institutional cordiality. Reports by Emilio V. Escudero.
The President of Andalusia, Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla, also attended the conference of presidents.
The presidents of Aragon and Asturias greeted Torres and Illa upon their arrival in Pedralbes.
María Guardiola and Alfonso Rueda have already entered the Pedralbes Palace.
At the entrance to the Pedralbes Palace, a group of protesters shouted "corrupt" at the PSOE. Emilio V. Escudero reports from Barcelona.
The presidents of the Balearic Islands and the Valencian Community, Marga Prohens and Carlos Mazón, respectively, are already at the headquarters of the conference of presidents.
Fernando Clavijo has already entered and greeted the Catalan president, Salvador Illa, and the Minister of Territorial Policy, Ángel Víctor Torres.
"I will speak completely naturally, in the language I use, which is Catalan," he said in an interview this Friday on Rac1, reported by Europa Press, when asked about it following the words this Thursday by the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, in which she threatened to leave the meeting if she was not spoken to in Spanish.
The president of the Autonomous Community of Navarre also arrived and greeted Illa and Torres.
The Madrid president is already at the Royal Palace of Pedralbes. She has already greeted Salvador Illa and Minister Ángel Víctor Torres.
The President of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, is commenting on the Conference of Presidents on Spanish National Television (TVE). "It doesn't seem like we're arriving in a favorable political context for reaching agreements," he stated. He criticized the lack of action on funding policy, stating that "the regional governments are underfunded," and he criticized the fact that "neither the regional governments nor the government want the immigrant minors who have arrived in the Canary Islands." Just yesterday, The Supreme Court threatened the Government with coercive measures if it did not comply .
Gonzalo Capellán, president of La Rioja, one of the first to arrive.
With 48 hours to go until the Conference of Presidents, the government has conjured up a "housing pact" that fails to conceal the fact that it hasn't done its homework in almost every area.
The Minister of Territorial Policy, Ángel Víctor Torres, and the Catalan president, Salvador Illa, are already waiting for the authorities at the gates of Pedralbes. A family photo will be held at 9:00 a.m.
The president of Catalonia, host of the Conference, Salvador Illa, was interviewed by TVE (Spanish National Television) minutes before the summit began. Illa gave two clear messages: he expects broad-mindedness in the debate and he wouldn't understand if any president were upset by the use of co-official languages at the meeting, referring to what Madrid's president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, said yesterday, when she said she would not return and threatened to abandon the meeting if earpieces were used.
Good morning, ABC's coverage of the 28th Conference of Regional Presidents, being held at the Pedralbes Palace in Barcelona, begins here. Just minutes before the authorities begin to arrive, they will be greeted by the President of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa.
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