Catalan Business Circle says Bárcenas case proves some Spanish businessmen are getting rich through political cronies.

The Cercle Català de Negocis claims that the Spanish model is a burden and that the new Catalonia should be built on the basis of preventing corruption filling the pockets of a few.

Barcelona. The Cercle Català de Negocis (CCN) believes that the Bárcenas case and the "ridiculous justifications" wielded by the president of the Spanish Senate, bear out what the pro-independence Catalan business association has been claiming for five years, that the State "is controlled by an oligarchy of companies living off official concessions [that the CCN calls the "BOE (the Spanish equivalent of The Hansard) companies"], which are enriched based on useless investment contracts they obtain through political cronies".

"While a few fill their pockets", the CCN says, "Spain is sinking, pensioners are impoverished, small and medium companies shut down and public employees have their wages cut." The CCN bluntly states that "we have lost a generation." To prevent losing a second one, the Cercle urges Catalans -civil society and the political class- to "go and build a new country". However, they warn that this new country "should have laws to prevent corruption and laws to promote the Catalan business network". Once again they recall that 99.6% of Catalan companies are small and medium businesses that need specific legislation and policy, which today has nothing to do with the opportunities offered by the Spanish economic model which basically focuses on large firms that grow under the shadow of the public administration.

The Cercle therefore appeals to employers and society in general to come out on next September 11th in response to the call for the Via Catalana (Catalan Way) human chain and make it a huge success. "And we must do it together, with the same message, to reinforce the image that Catalonia is a nation united around the pursuit of a single goal: achieving full freedom as a sovereign people".

Finally, the Cercle recommends reviewing the study "Cap a on s'encamina Espanya" ("Where Spain is headed"), which proves, with data in hand, the economic infeasibility of Spain, contrasting with the economic capabilities of a new Catalan State.

You can find the study via this link (in Catalan):
http://www.ccncat.cat/sites/default/files/130402Capaons'encaminaEspanya.pdf

For more information:

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Albert Riera.  Tel.  661 108 175. albert@nautilus.cat
Andreu Mas. Tel.  677 225 051. andreu@nautilus.cat

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