Catalan socialists urge all political parties to “back down” and work for “reconciliation”

The secretary general of the Catalan Socialists (PSC), Miquel Iceta, said that the party is willing to “back down” in order to form a government that “reconciles” Catalonia and Spain. He also criticized pro-independence government’s policies and urged all political parties to work "together for a new country."

Iceta stated that in this new country everyone will win because everyone "will back down on something" in order to avoid a scenario in which "a small majority wins and a large minority loses.” “I’m willing to back down because backing down in order to agree doesn’t mean losing, but winning.”

The Catalan Socialist secretary general noted that he doesn’t “accept the model of the country that pro-independence parties left behind”, as they were “senseless” and put the Catalan institutions “outside the law.” The secretary general of the Catalan socialists also accused the pro-independence parties of creating “a feeling of chaos” and “dividing society”.