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Watch live today's press conference with Carles Puigdemont, former president of the Generalitat and leader of Junts, following his decision to break with Pedro Sánchez's government.

Follow live the press conference of Carlos Puigdemont, former president of the Generalitat and leader of Junts today after his decision to break with the Government of Pedro Sánchez.

The PNV warns Sánchez: A parliament without majorities or budgets is not very sustainable over time.

The PNV (Basque Nationalist Party) warned Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday that a parliament without a majority or budget is not sustainable over time, following the announcement by Junts leader Carles Puigdemont that he would end his support for the PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) and the executive branch.

Sources from the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) have indicated that the position put forward by Junts merely confirms what was already known: that there is a negative majority in Congress. Given this, the Basque party considers this a significant decision for Sánchez, but it remains to be seen how it develops. They also emphasized:"We do not believe, however, that the government will fall tomorrow morning."

Junts will hold a national council this Tuesday to consult its members on its split with the PSOE.

Junts will hold an extraordinary national council this Tuesday afternoon so the polls can be opened and the party's rank and file can be consulted on the decision taken today by the national leadership to end support for the PSOE and enter into opposition, as Carles Puigdemont himself announced on Monday.

Thus, the party will call a meeting of this body this Tuesday to conduct a consultation with its members. Once the exact question is decided, Junts members will be able to vote from 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday until 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, when the final result will be announced. (SERVIMEDIA)

Junts confirms it will participate in the interrogation of Pedro Sánchez in the Senate's 'Koldo Commission'.

Junts confirmed this Monday that it will attend Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's appearance before the Senate's commission of inquiry into all the ramifications of the"Koldo case," and its spokesperson, Eduard Pujol, will be in charge of questioning him, according to party sources who spoke with Europa Press.

The presence of the party led by Carles Puigdemont at Sánchez's appearance was in doubt, but they ultimately decided to question the Prime Minister in the Senate, coinciding with the Junts executive's decision to break with the PSOE.

The Government maintains the idea of presenting the Budget and Junts will have to choose between progress and regression.

The Minister of Science and Secretary General of the Valencian Socialists, Diana Morant, believes that Junts, after breaking with the government, will have to decide whether it wants a Spain of progress or one of regression. To begin with, she reiterated the government's intention to present a budget for 2026.

Speaking to Congress before Carles Puigdemont made the split official, Diana Morant indicated that she doesn't know how the decision adopted by the Junts Executive Committee will be interpreted, but she wanted to make it clear that the government will continue to pursue its proposals with the utmost ambition.

Video | Puigdemont sentences the government: It may have power, but it cannot govern.

Junts leader Carles Puigdemont has left it up to his supporters (who will vote on Thursday) to support the party's decision to break the agreement with the government, agreed this Monday.

The PSOE assures that it is fulfilling what was agreed and maintains its outstretched hand.

The PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) stated this Monday, following Carles Puigdemont's press conference announcing the break with the government, that it maintains its policy of openness and dialogue, although it clarified that it absolutely respects the internal functioning of any party. Regarding the pact, it asserted that, to the best of its ability, it is fulfilling the agreement, while with respect to others, it is working to ensure its fulfillment.

We at the PSOE remain open. We will continue to offer what is, has been, and will be our best asset: dialogue. This is how we understand politics, as an instrument for building bridges, and it will continue to be so, they stated in a statement on Monday.

Puigdemont breaks with the PSOE and says Sánchez may have power, but he will not be able to govern.

The president of Junts, visibly angry with the PSOE, assures that we will go into opposition.

Reporting Joan Guirado and Daniel Tercero, special envoys to Perpignan (France).

Puigdemont leaves the viability of the government in the hands of his supporters: He may occupy seats, but he will not be able to govern.

Puigdemont concluded his press conference by leaving the final decision to break with the government in the hands of his supporters. On Thursday at six p.m., the Catalan party's supporters will have to confirm the split.

If the Junts membership ratifies the agreement reached this morning on Thursday afternoon, from that moment on, the PSOE will no longer be able to govern. It may occupy seats but it will not be able to govern. It may have power, but it will not be able to govern, the Junts leader said.

He has stated that the PSOE is only driven by the tactical ambitions of power, that it has no will to fulfill the agreement reached in Brussels with his party, and that there is no political trust with the government.

The PSOE has deliberately broken the investiture agreement, Puigdemont accuses.

The PSOE has deliberately broken the investiture agreement, Puigdemont asserted, blaming the main government party for the split with Junts, as they had been warned."We've given them many opportunities to change, and the only change here has been in the timing," the former president joked.

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Puigdemont claims they don't know how the budgets were executed: We can't support new ones.

The leader of Junts (Junts), Carles Puigdemont, has asserted that they cannot support a new budget, as they do not know Catalonia's economic data under the current ones. In this regard, Puigdemont asserted that they cannot negotiate with a party that holds the cards stacked against it. Therefore, he is requesting data to understand the budget execution, something they reached an agreement on, according to the former Catalan president."We don't know how much El Prat Airport earns; they are hiding it from us," he stated, asking for data on whether it earns money and an explanation of where these profits go.

Puigdemont, after attacking ERC: Our project is not aimed at the stability of Spain.

Puigdemont asserted that Junts, unlike other parties, is not willing to help a government that doesn't help Catalonia. Our project is not intended to achieve stability in Spain. If it benefits Catalonia, we'll talk. If not, see you later, Puigdemont stated, referring to the reasons for breaking with the government.

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The PSOE has ignored all our warnings, we are going into opposition and will consult the membership.

Puigdemont asserted that there is a total lack of trust in the government two years into its term, following the warnings issued and the ultimatum of the no-confidence motion. The PSOE has ignored all our warnings; we are moving into opposition and will consult with our members, the former president emphasized regarding Junts' split with the government.

Puigdemont claims the split is due to a lack of political trust.

The former president has stated that there is no will on the part of the governing party to comply with the agreements or overthrow the 1978 regime, asserting that the split is due to a lack of results in the two years the government has been in power and a lack of political trust."We have gone backwards in all these aspects," says Puigdemont, who has indicated that they do not intend to implement the Brussels Pact. Therefore, they have decided to break with the government two years before the end of the term.

It is clear that the PSOE is only driven by the tactics of power.

Puigdemont asserted that after his party's ultimatum to the government in the vote of confidence, they observed that the PSOE has not fulfilled their expectations. He thus stated that the government is only driven by the tactical nature of power.

We needed essential elements: will, confidence, and results, says Puigdemont.

The former president asserted that both his party and the PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) acknowledged the discrepancies in the so-called"Brussels Pact." "We were aware of the obstacles in this negotiation process. We weren't fooling ourselves. We knew we needed essential elements: the will of both parties, political trust, and results," he asserted.

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Puigdemont: All the problems can be found in Spain's dependence

Puigdemont asserted that all the problems affecting Catalonia are due to its forced dependence on Spain. Thus, he said that all the problems are not due to the independence process, but rather to its dependence on Spain. A process of dependence by force, violence, judicial or linguistic intimidation, he asserted.

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Carles Puigdemont leaves Perpignan (France) after breaking with the government

Carles Puigdemont appears before the media following Junts' decision to break with the central government.

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Pisarello (Comuns) warns Junts that a PP and Vox government would be a huge setback.

Comuns spokesperson Gerardo Pisarello warned Junts x Catalunya on Monday that allowing a PP-Vox government would be a huge setback for Catalonia. In a press conference at the party's headquarters, he asked,"What would be the benefit of Junts x Catalunya?" if the party led by Carles Puigdemont decided this Monday in Perpignan, France, to break with the central government.

Urtasun trusts that Junts will not allow the government to fall.

Sumar spokesperson Ernest Urtasun expressed confidence that Junts will not ultimately opt for a complete break with the government or facilitate the PP and Vox's move to power, as no one in Catalonia would understand that.

Junts must be very clear that nothing Podemos can do together is possible with a PP and Vox government, nothing. I think that clearly no one in Catalonia, including Junts voters, would understand any kind of operation in which Junts could participate to facilitate the arrival of the Popular Party and Vox, he stated this Monday during a press conference in Madrid.

The PSOE refuses to assess the split decided by Junts until it hears it from Puigdemont.

The spokesperson for the PSOE's Federal Executive Committee, Montse Mínguez, has refused to comment on the decision to break with her party, which the Junts leadership has unanimously adopted. She has announced that they will take a position on the matter when they hear the explanations given by the leader of the pro-independence party, Carles Puigdemont, at the press conference he has called for 5:00 p.m.

Puigdemont tells his leaders to prepare for what is to come.

The former president of the Generalitat, who fully leads the party he founded, has also told its leaders to prepare for what's coming. Puigdemont, according to sources present at the meeting, has let them know they will be attacked by land, sea, and air. A scenario Junts has been working on for weeks. Reported by Joan Guirado.

Zapatero fails to convince Junts, and Puigdemont is committed to breaking with Sánchez.

In the fall, things will happen that have never happened before, Carles Puigdemont warned in the summer. And with the arrival of autumn just a month ago, with the start of the new political year, things will happen, a Junts leader told ABC from his car on the way to Perpignan (France). The time for do-gooding and dialogue is over, he vehemently stated, on the eve of one of the most important events for the post-Convergent parties. And being here today is the fault of the PSOE, he concludes. Reported by Joan Guirado.

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Puigdemont gets the executive branch to unanimously endorse the break with Sánchez, but there are doubts about the motion of censure.

At the start of his speech, without too many flourishes, Carles Puigdemont conveyed this morning to his Executive Committee in Perpignan (France) his desire to break with the PSOE and Pedro Sánchez. The leader of Junts, who had been warning for several months, believes the time has come to break away: The PSOE has laughed at us. His message has resonated, and the Junts Executive Committee has endorsed the break with the Sánchez government. Reported by Joan Guirado.