In a statement, that autonomous government of Spain explains that the regional minister of the Presidency, Justice and Sports, Diego Calvo, expressed, in the Galician parliament, the need “for institutions, business entities, port authorities and other social and economic actors from both sides of the border unite”.

According to the person responsible, taking into account “the current state of the procedure”, the works on the southern exit of Vigo, essential for the connection, “would not be ready nor would it be possible to meet the objective of having the connection in 2032”.

“While the Portuguese Government has always been clearly committed to the Vigo-Porto connection, the Spanish government has demonstrated both a lack of interest in accelerating procedures and a lack of budgetary implications that would allow progress with the works on the Spanish side,” he said.

The common front that the Junta of Galicia intends to form will have the mission of demanding, “together with the central Government, advances in the southern exit of Vigo and other pending infrastructure to fulfill the commitments of the high-speed connection between Galicia and Portugal”.

Diego Calvo challenged the Spanish executive “to define an investment plan and a calendar of actions with the aim of promoting the high-speed rail connection between Vigo and the Portuguese border”.

In addition to the issue of the southern exit from Vigo, the stretch between O Porriño and the Portuguese border has been “without significant progress for years and with studies stopped since 2011”, warns the Board.

It is also necessary to take into account the “need for negotiation between the two States for the construction and financing of the new international bridge”, he adds.

At the Iberian Summit in October, the Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, said in the final press conference that, regarding the high-speed connection Lisbon-Porto-Vigo, "the commitment of the Government of Spain", which it shares with the Portuguese executive, "it's the year 2032".