Salvador Illa boasts in Madrid of Catalonia's "loyalty": "It is the first time there is no nationalist majority"

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A decade ago, when a President of the Generalitat landed in Madrid, it was to defend the possibility of Catalonia's self-determination. Artur Mas did it first; then Carles Puigdemont, Quim Torra and finally Pere Aragonès. Ten years later, however, the Catalan government presents itself as the best guarantee of "institutional cooperation" and "loyalty" to the project of the Spanish government captained by Pedro Sánchez. The President of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, starred this Monday in a press breakfast in the Spanish capital, organized by Efe and Rtve, in which he highlighted the moment Catalonia is experiencing: the Generalitat has budgets; it "leads" the new funding proposal where all autonomies gain resources, and it is synonymous with "stability". Of course, he asked for "speed" in applying the amnesty law, reproaching those who accused the PSOE of reviving separatism: "It is the first time in forty years that there is no nationalist and separatist majority. It has not revitalized, on the contrary [...]. I know what I'm talking about".