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Jorge Moragas has been chosen by Mariano Rajoy to pilot the Government's strategy against the sovereignty challenge of Artur Mas. The President's chief of staff has been receiving Catalan businessmen at La Moncloa for months to ask them to speak out against the referendum. In addition, he has also met with emissaries from the Generalitat. As El Confidencial Digital has learned , Jorge Moragas has been leading the Government's contacts with politicians and businessmen in Catalonia for more than a year to try to stop Artur Mas' project. Mariano Rajoy , after his last meeting with the 'president', in September 2012, delegated to his chief of staff in Moncloa the responsibility of establishing the bilateral relations necessary to provide a solution to the existing institutional crisis between Madrid and Barcelona. Since then, Moragas has maintained contact with senior executives of Catalan companies and with direct collaborators of Artur Mas. Conversations with Javier Godó, Josep Oliu, Jaime Malet... Sources close to Moncloa explain that Rajoy's trusted advisor has a contact agenda that includes interviews with the most influential Catalan businessmen. In that list, the names of Javier Godó , president of the Godó Group, appear ; Josep Oliu , president of Banco Sabadell, Jaime Malet , president of the United States Chamber of Commerce in Spain; José Manuel Lara , president of Grupo Planeta; and Joan Rosell , president of the CEOE, among others.
With all of them, the same sources explain, “Jorge has spoken in recent Phone Number List months.” With some, by telephone; and with others, holding discreet meetings at the Moncloa Palace . These conclaves in the Presidency complex have not transcended "to prevent businessmen from suffering harassment and boycott campaigns by the most pro-independence sectors of Catalonia." Furthermore, Moragas has taken advantage of his recent trips to Barcelona to hold brief meetings with senior executives in the region. Thus, at the Catalan PP Convention held in Barcelona, he was able to have an aside with José Luis Bonet , president of Freixenet, and Borja García Nieto , president of the Círculo Ecuestre. He was also able to chat, during his visit to the Barcelona Motor Show last May, with the German Alber Peters , one of the promoters of the platform of foreign businessmen who last week presented a report against the independence of Catalonia . From Moncloa they add that Jorge Moragas takes advantage of many weekends to travel to his homeland. “On these getaways he also maintains contact with representatives of the Catalan business community.” Asks them to take a stand against independence In these meetings and conversations, Mariano Rajoy's chief of staff asks senior Catalan executives to, to the extent possible, 'get wet' against Artur Mas's sovereigntist process .
Specifically, he asks them to make public appearances censoring the project promoted by the Generalitat. The extent possible. Moragas' efforts are bearing fruit . Many businessmen have raised their voices against independence. José Manuel Lara did it before the Planteta awards; also Josep Oliu and Juan Rosell in business forums; and José Luis Bonet and García Nieto in the aforementioned PP Convention. Some of them have received insults and threats of boycott for this . On the other hand, Jorge Moragas also takes advantage of his meetings and talks with Catalan executives to exchange information . On the one hand, he tells them the Government's line to follow with the conflict in Catalonia; and on the other hand, he asks them to describe how the sovereignty challenge is impacting their companies . According to the sources consulted, all the data obtained by Mariano Rajoy's chief of staff "appear subsequently in the reports prepared by the Government on the economic impact of the Artur Mas project." Jordi Villajoana, main contact with the Generalitat In parallel to these meetings with Catalan businessmen, Jorge Moragas has held, at least until last December, private meetings with emissaries from the Generalitat who have traveled regularly to Madrid. The entourage of Rajoy's chief of staff recognizes that "there has been great dialogue" specifically with Jordi Villajoana, former spokesperson for CiU in the Senate and general secretary of the Presidency in Catalonia since January.
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