Sagreras criticizes Vox for its "linguistic achievements": "The PP doesn't accept blackmail."

PalmThe spokesperson for the PP parliamentary group, Sebastià Sagreras, attacked Vox this Wednesday for having rejected the government's decree-law on project acceleration. "It's regrettable and unserious that the Vox group is now coming to us with excuses like they're a bad payer, when we all know the reason is their linguistic strength," he retorted. Vox warned the PP on Monday that it would not support the decree-law if it did not accept its proposal to introduce Spanish as a vehicular language in the Education Law (a text that the PP warned they would reject because it infringed on the Minimum Decree). But this Wednesday, its spokesperson, Manuela Cañadas, said that, in reality, the "linguistic issue had nothing to do" with their vote against the decree. This complete change of discourse has infuriated Sagreras. "Vox did not have the attitude of a reliable and rigorous party," he insisted: "The PP does not accept blackmail."

Sagreras maintained, in line with what First Vice President Antoni Costa said this Tuesday, that Vox "had committed" to supporting the decree since last July because, otherwise, the law would not have been approved by the Governing Council. Regarding the bill presented by Vox, Sagreras said that "it will be the PP who will withdraw it." Similarly, he did not rule out the possibility of presenting his own text to introduce the vehicular use of Spanish in the Education Law, as stated in the budget agreement signed with Vox. "We have it drafted," he explained.

Vox: "We will not withdraw the bill under any circumstances"

For his part, Cañadas said that Costa "lied" when he stated that "the decree had been agreed word for word with Vox for months." Similarly, he reversed himself and now asserted that his dissenting vote had nothing to do with the language issue, but rather with its references to the 2030 Agenda. "We will review the decree point by point; if they want to approve it, they will have to sit down and talk," he said. However, he warned that they will not withdraw the bill on Catalan "under any circumstances."