Salvador Island and the Expansion of the Prat Airport
Jaume Guardiola, president of the Cercle d’Economia, has expressed his confidence in Salvador Illa as the ideal figure to promote the discussed expansion of El Prat airport from the presidency of the Generalitat. In an interview on La 2’s Cafè d’Idees program, Guardiola highlighted the capacity of a Socialist-led Government to find effective ways to carry out this project, without going into details about the best solution to take it forward ( https://www.softcatala.org/resum-de-textos-en-catala/).
Transversal Government and Repopulation of the Centre
Guardiola has urged the formation of a transversal Government that allows the center to be repopulated and has invited the different formations to move away from the extremes. He highlighted the importance of overcoming political polarization and stressed the need to repopulate the center, highlighting the PSC’s positioning as a clearly center or center-left party.
Political Positions and Social Fracture
Guardiola has commented that the Process has caused a certain rift and a movement towards more radical positions. He has analyzed the positions of different parties, describing Junts as trying to connect more with the economic society with more liberal proposals and Esquerra as a socialist party with the independenceist Catalan identity axis. In addition, he suggested that the PP should make an effort to pull towards the center and recognize the differentiating factors of Catalonia.
Hostile Takeover and the Spanish Economic Situation
In relation to the hostile takeover bid proposed by BBVA for Banc Sabadell, Guardiola shared the position of the Catalan entity. Regarding the good results of the Spanish economy, he has indicated that the situation is not as positive as it is believed and has warned about the possible social and economic fracture caused by the deviation of productivity towards the north-west of Europe (https: //www.softcatala.org/resum-de-textos-en-catala/).