The legislatives in Spain will be held on December 20

USPA NEWS - The Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, confirmed that the legislative elections will be held on December 20, the second of the dates shuffled the Spanish president. The new Parliament will have to constitute deadline until 14 January.

In an interview with the television channel Antena 3, Rajoy confirmed that the legislative elections will be held on December 20 and explained that, in that way, the Government will have more time for the approval of the State budget for 2016 and the new Parliament will not have to be in the middle of the Christmas holidays, as has until Jan. 14. Rajoy shuffled two possible dates for holding the elections on 13 and 20 December, and finally decided on the second of those dates.

In the same interview, the President of the Spanish Government referred to the conflict in Catalonia and declared himself ready to discuss constitutional reform, provided that the opposition parties want to say what parts do they propose to reform and change. Rajoy rejected the proposal of the leader of the opposition, the Socialist secretary general, Pedro Sanchez, of the Constitution recognize the uniqueness of Catalonia because, he said, these singularities are already contained in the Constitution and cited the Catalan language and the existing differentiation on contracts and inheritance.

He also defended the reform of the Constitutional Court on Thursday was passed in Parliament with the only votes in favor of the conservative Popular Party and the centrist Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD its acronym in Spanish). Rajoy said it was necessary to provide the High Court sanctioning powers and announced his support for any decision taken on the President of Catalonia, "although I do not like." The Constitutional Court could suspend his duties at the Catalan President, although Rajoy is not expected to reach that point.