PSOE Considers Allowing Pro-Independence Parties Their Own Group In Congress

(L-R) The President of the PSOE, Cristina Narbona; the president of the Government of Spain and secretary general of the PSOE, Pedro Sanchez, and the Minister of Finance, Maria Montero, in a meeting after the general elections on 24 July 2023 in Madrid, Spain. The Spanish Congress of Deputies' rules stipulate that A minimum of 15 MPs can form their own group. Neither Junts per Catalunya nor Esquerra Republicana meet this condition. CARLOS LUJAN/EUROPA PRESS VIA GETTY IMAGES.

The PSOE opened the door to enabling Junts per Catalunya and Esquerra Republicana to have their own group in the Congress of Deputies.“It would be a good way to start negotiations with the pro-independence movement, and thus lay the first stone on the road to Pedro Sánchez’s investiture,” said the socialists.

It would therefore be, as radio RAC1 announced, the PSOE’s first gesture towards the pro-independence movement in this legislature, and it would happen mid-August, specifically on the 17th, when the Spanish Parliament is constituted.