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His advisors assume that independence can bankrupt the Catalan economy and have designed an argument to hold Madrid responsible for the consequences on the population. Foreign businessmen living in Barcelona will leave if Ada Colau turns the city into “the capital of the independence movement” Montoro: Catalonia is like an emancipated young man who lives off his parents and also asks them for money Mariano Rajoy and Artur Mas at the Pedralbes Palace. Mariano Rajoy and Artur Mas at the Pedralbes Palace. After the clash between Artur Mas and Albert Rivera in Parliament this week, where the leader of Ciudadanos reminded him that a report from his Government warns of the risks of a 'Greek-style corralito' in Catalonia if it declares independence, the president It also has a roadmap designed to the millimeter to, in that case, blame Spain. “A report from your own Government recognizes that independence will cause a 'corralito' in Catalonia , that is, Catalans will not be able to withdraw money from , as is happening in Greece,” the Ciudadanos leader reproached Mas. Rivera specified that “on page of the 'Report on the Internationalization of the Consultation and the Self-Determination Process', prepared by the Advisory Council for the National Transition, it is recognized that “one of the economic and financial consequences of the separatist project is that in Catalonia produces a corralito .
The Catalan corralito would be similar to what has been happening in Greece for two weeks, with the measures agreed upon by the Tsipras Government to prevent capital flight . It basically consists of limiting the withdrawal of cash from banks, in this case to 60 euros per day, and prohibiting transfers abroad. The roadmap to face the corralito As El Confidencial Digital has been able to verify , in addition to warning of this risk for the savings of Catalans , the report managed by Artur Mas also includes a detailed guide of recommendations to face the situation, linking it to the position of the Government of Spain , and to face the possibility of exclusion Denmark Mobile Number List from the European Union. The document includes, in four concrete steps, what the response should be in the face of a 'corralito' scenario in Catalonia as a consequence of the declaration of independence: “1) Denounce that it is the fault of the Spanish strategy ; 2) Indicate that the Spanish State may be the most affected (because its economic fundamentals are worse); 3) Invite the European institutions to act as mediators in this process; and 4) Prepare a contingency plan to maintain the liquidity of the economic system, if possible, with the collaboration of external institutions.
Blame Spain for a 'Greek-style corralito' The report states that “the Spanish Government's strategy of creating resistance and the citizen response in Catalonia” would be the causes of this situation of great financial instability (including the possibility of a corralito) . He even adds that "this possibility (of a corralito) will serve Spain to dissuade Catalonia from advancing in the self-determination process." He admits that the Catalan process can be a “source of instability (especially due to the lack of cooperation from the Spanish State). He regrets, in this sense, “the decision of the Rajoy Government to create (or threaten to create) instability to force the European States to cool the Catalan process – in the same way that the Greek Government used the possibility of chaos to force its rescue-". The report delivered to Artur Mas also explains that the Executive, with the threat of exclusion of Catalonia from the EU, "contributes to fueling the creation of enormous uncertainty in a very important region for German investors and sellers.