Editorial: El Español

• The government passed two out of three decree laws thanks to an abstention from Junts.
• The third decree, related to unemployment benefits, was rejected due to a vote against it from Podemos.
• The approval of decrees was achieved at a high cost, including transferring immigration powers to the Generalitat.
• The deal also includes the publication of fiscal balances, a long-standing demand of Catalan nationalism.
• The government has agreed to modify the Capital Companies Law to allow for the return of the companies that left Catalonia in 2017.
• The remaining concessions include lowering the VAT of oil to 0%, increasing the budget for the digitization of Justice and acknowledging Catalonia's historical rights in local administration.

Conclusion: These actions demonstrate that this legislature is becoming a great trial for Sánchez who, in order to pass his laws, is making significant concessions that are weakening the role of the State in Catalonia and imposing a significant burden on the rest of Spain.

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