At the investiture plenary session last June, Ada Colau, on behalf of the Comuns, solemnly renounced demanding entry into the municipal government with the PSC. If he voted for the socialist Jaume Collboni, it was like a lesser evil compared to Xavier Trias, because “the Convergència of 3% cannot return to Barcelona,” he said, much to the chagrin of the friends and family of the winner of the elections, who a few hours before were sure attending a party at the Saló de Cent. Daniel Sirera’s PP also opted for possibilism to prevent the city from falling into the hands of the independence movement. However, Colau since then has not stopped demanding a coalition with the socialists, even knowing that this bipartite would be of no use and would build a wall that would make the collaboration of Junts, ERC and PP impossible. To finish complicating it, Collboni is clear that it would be a serious mistake to allow someone who has been mayor for 8 years, and has caused so much polarization, to now occupy the position of second in command. as deputy mayor. Colau, whose withdrawal from municipal life was the healthiest thing, not only does he not give up anything, but he has become a true cojonera fly.
The aggressiveness of the Comuns against the PSC, demanding a useless pact in terms of governability, is striking and, surely, what it intends is that the socialists are forced to choose an agreement with Junts in order to raise the flag of the left-wing opposition. Colau takes it very badly that Collboni took second place from him by a few hundred votes. She may dream of being a candidate again in 2027. If Trias tried her luck again in 2023, and was on the verge of being re-elected mayor, she could also try as long as she can denounce the “betrayal” of the socialists, the pact of the elites, submission to the interests of the powerful, etc. Given this scenario, Prudence advises the PSC to reach a stable agreement with ERC, that does not close the specific support of Junts or the PP, and that puts in difficulties the populist speech of cojonera fly.