Editorial: El Español

• Junts demanded fines for companies that left Catalonia due to the procés and have not yet returned.
• This demand is seen as Junts' attempt to get something in exchange for their seven votes for the anti-crisis decrees.
• Foment del Treball and ERC reject the idea of sanctions or incentives to bring companies back to Catalonia.
• The government does not outright oppose the sanctions and avoids alienating its parliamentary partners.
• The idea of sanctions would be immediately vetoed by the EU as it benefits one community at the expense of others.
• Junts proposes a 'mandatory business immersion' that forces companies to re-establish themselves in Catalonia, regardless of whether it harms their interests.
• The president of the CEOE highlights the need for legal security for companies to return to Catalonia.

Conclusion: Security, both legal and political, is the best recipe for getting companies to return to Catalonia. Without it, they will hardly return as long as Junts and ERC maintain their pro-independence stance.

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