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The PP or the PSOE will only have CiU’s support if a new regional fiscal redistribution model is agreed, affirms Mas

March 29, 2011 12:09 AM | CNA / Gaspar Pericay Coll

The President of the Catalan Government Artur Mas announced in Madrid that in 2012, if the People’s Party (PP) or the Socialist Party (PSOE) want CiU’s support to form a new Spanish Government, Catalonia needs more money and greater control over its own finances. Mas made these comments the same day his Government agreed a 400 million euros loan.

The Advisory Council on Economic Affairs to the Catalan Government proposes to only have one type of labour contract

March 24, 2011 12:36 AM | CNA / Gaspar Pericay Coll

Catalan political parties will meet with social and economic agents to discuss how best to boost the Catalan economy. The Advisory Council is made up of academic experts and members of the business community. They drafted the report as a basis for discussion. Among many measures, they recommend partially paying for extra public services or reducing the number of public employees.

“We have to sell cava as an exclusive, glamorous product”, says PIMECAVA chairperson

March 22, 2011 12:45 AM | CNA /Gastroteca.cat/ Ignacio Portela Giráldez

PIMECAVA is the Association of Small and Medium-sized Cava Producers. It is chaired by Mercè Rosell, who claims in a video interview that the only way to compete against French champagne is by marketing cava as a quality and prestigious product. In order to do that it is fundamental to have the support of big cava companies like Freixenet and Codorniu and a good relationship with exporters.