Motion for dialogue agreed by Spain's Socialists and pro-independence PDeCAT

The Spanish ruling Socialist party and one of the pro-independence parties ruling Catalonia, PDeCAT, have agreed on a motion in favor of dialogue between Barcelona and Madrid.

The parliamentary text, which will be debated in Spain's Congress on Wednesday and voted on Thursday, urges the Spanish executive to "open a political dialogue process with the Catalan government where everyone can defend their ideas, aspirations, and projects freely, without impositions or hindrances."

"This process of dialogue has to agree on the legal and democratic paths which will allow the democratic society decide its future," reads the motion.   

The initiative was PDeCAT's, the base party for the Catalan president's candidacy, Junts per Catalunya.

They accepted an amendment by the Socialists reading "within the [Spanish] legal framework in force," which made the agreement possible.