In recent weeks it has become clear that one of them needs the other. Pedro Sánchez and Quim Torra met yesterday in Barcelona to try to calm the storms that affected them and to put on the table the negotiations between the Spanish and Catalan governments. The blow received by the Socialists in Andalusia has disrupted the borders of the entire Spanish State, including within them. State budgets remain unapproved, and the PSOE knows that it needs the votes of the European Democratic Party (PDeCAT) and ERC (Esquerra Republicana). The Generalitat, on the other hand, wants the Spanish Government to change its attitude towards Catalonia.

Six people met yesterday evening at the Palacio de Pedralbes in Barcelona, three for each face. In addition to President Quim Torra, the Vice-President of the Government, Pere Aragonès, and the Generalitat economist, Elsa Artadi, participated. On the part of the Government of Spain came President Pedro Sánchez, Vice-President Carmen Calvo and Minister of Political Territory, Meritxell Batet, all of them present in Madrid. The latter made statements in the press: “We are not talking about Article 155, nor about the right to self-determination, which they will not have.”

The communiqué issued by both sides clearly shows that there was no unity. They did not share the situations with the same points of view and words. In any case, both stated that there is a “conflict” with Catalonia, and even if they did not coincide at the origin of it, a “solution” must be sought. They said they will meet again in January: The Govern ment has argued that this is a "democratic solution" and that the Spanish Government seeks "an answer within a legal framework of security and legality" to do so.

A21, not just any day

The day after the meeting, there was no atmosphere in Barcelona. The independentists consider it a provocation for the Council of Ministers of Spain to meet in the same place. From the early hours of the morning, the ANC has called on the sovereigns to collapse traffic – AP-7 and A-2 have stopped by 7 a.m. – and then, organized by ERC, JxCat and the Cup, a “People’s General Council” will be held next to the headquarters of Llotja de Mar, where the Council of Ministers will meet.

The CoR has not joined. They have called to block the headquarters to “take the streets and make a barricade.” On the contrary, all those attending the meeting will participate in the unitary event in the afternoon.

On the other hand, the police burden is not going to be as large as it seems. According to La Directo magazine, more than 1,400 anti-riot mossos will be spread throughout Catalonia, while the Spanish police have taken another 750, according to La Directo. In addition, about 500 Civil Guards will work in the area. The CoR pointed out that they did not forget the attitude of the Mossos on 6 December in Girona and Terrassa.

End the hunger strike

Jordi Turull, Jordi Sànchez, Josep Rull and Joaquim Forn, Catalan political prisoners, have ended the hunger strike at the request of the last five presidents of the Generalitat. The first two took 20 days, and the other two, 17. His spokesman, Pilar Calvo, pointed out that the protest has fulfilled "the objectives" and ensured that all the consciences that need to be shaken have been shaken. The prisoners have asked the Catalan independentists to take part in protests and actions today.