Jordi Cañas: "The 'ecosystem' of Puigdemont in the European Parliament will be nationalist and far-right" | European elections 2019

Jordi Cañas, Citizens’ candidate for the European elections, considers that Carles Puigdemont, the head of the JxCat list for said elections, will agree in the European Parliament, if he is elected as a member of parliament, “with the ultra xenophobic and nationalists. It is their ecosystem. In an interview with Europa Press, Cañas considers that the opinion of the former president of the Catalan Government, today a fugitive from the Spanish Justice, about the EU is the same as that of the Italian North League and the extreme right-wing European parties. nationalists, xenophobes also in some respects, like Mr. Torra, “says Cañas in indirect reference to the articles that the current president of the Generalitat wrote before taking office and that Ciudadanos qualifies as supremacists. For this reason, for Cañas, Puigdemont and the European extreme right-wing parties “agree on the will to transform the EU so that it ceases to be that ideal of equality among citizens.” “Some raising borders, some expelling citizens, others generating hatred and all trying to blow up the European project. They are going to unite, they are going to meet. All those who seek to blow up the European project are a threat to our freedoms, “he warned. The PDeCAT was expelled, in the last legislature, from the group of European liberals (ALDE), of which Ciudadanos is a part. In relation to the judicial decision to allow the candidacy of Puigdemont, Cañas respects what has been decreed by the competent court but advises that, if he is elected, he must go to collect his act as MEP and “as soon as he steps on Spanish territory, he will be detained immediately” Therefore, it is considered false that he has immunity when he is a candidate and in any case before collecting his corresponding credentials.He has insisted on the need to modify the Euro-order system, to prevent someone who has committed a crime “against the integrity of a member state and against the constitutional order” from being free for Europe without being immediately extradited. Cañas has said that he supports This measure will be one of the conditions for Cs to reach agreements in the European Parliament: «Whoever wants our support in Brussels will have to commit to modifying the Euro-order. Never again will someone take advantage of Schengen to undermine the freedoms of citizens. “A” first-rate “team Jordi Cañas, number 6 on the list of Citizens for the European elections, has stressed that the objective of their training in these elections is “to be a very powerful delegation” to influence European policies and be decisive in the ALDE, and trusts that European liberals will be key in the European Parliament, which is expected to be more fragmented than ever as of next 26-M. Cañas vindicates the European character of Ciudadanos and assures that for his party these elections are a priority: “We are not bringing political elephants or a second-rate team. We have a first-rate team because we understand that the politics that are developed in Europe is fundamental. ”In these elections, the former deputy of the Parliament returns to the front line after a few years separated by a judicial case that finally ended with his innocence, and he believes that being part of the list “is simply a step to recover the possibility of being a public representative”, and for the moment there is no further horizon. Cañas: “We have neither political elephants nor a second-rate team.The politics that take place in Europe is fundamental »Regarding the debate about the succession of Inés Arrimadas as leader of Ciudadanos in Catalonia, Cañas said that the militants will decide and that first you have to know who is running for the primaries, although he has dedicated very good words to the figures of Carlos Carrizosa and Lorena Roldán, appointed leader of Ciudadanos in the Parliament and spokesperson, respectively: “Both of them right now deserve the same tranquility of knowing that they will do a formidable job.” And he has said that he does not foresee to appear in the primaries to relieve Arrimadas as a candidate to preside over the Generalitat and who wants to complete the five-year European legislature if he is elected: «I have not thought about it. I don `t believe. There would have to be circumstances that I do not think will exist. I think that right now the leadership in Catalonia is well covered ».