It so happens that the moment in which the independence movement is in a situation of greatest weakness at the polls – its results in the recent municipal and general elections have been the worst in a decade – its institutional position is most relevant since Their participation is essential to guarantee Spanish governability. The internal division of the movement that reached its climax almost a year ago with the departure of the Junts per Catalunya government due to strategic differences with ERC and the usual struggle between both parties for hegemony in that field, disappointment due to the failure to achieve the promised results as well as the evident difficulty in achieving your goals short-term politicians have generated a huge disappointment in the movement.
The independence demobilization It’s not just electoral and it has also been felt in the celebration of the Diada and in the demonstration called by the ANC, which, despite having achieved, as has been the case since 2012, a wide participation, It has not become as crowded as on previous occasions. It could even be said, beyond the usual dance of figures between the Urban Police and organizers and if it is compared with previous calls and without COVID, that has punctured.
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This time, unlike last year there have been no big boos to the institutional representatives, especially ERC, which has had a fleeting presence of President Pere Aragonès. But parliaments have shown, despite calls for unity, the great differences that exist within the independence movement, and that this division does not only affect the parties. While Òmmium Cultural has a more contemporaneous and understanding position with the tactics of the parties, the ANC has waved the anti-party flag threatening again with the presentation of a civic list in the next elections to the Parliament, which has demanded if it is not immediately materializes independence, has claimed October 1 and the implementation of its results and has indirectly disfigured those who, in addition to independence, defend other things, in clear reference to the amnesty. “Independence or res,” its leader has blurted out.
But Support for independence has continued to decline in recent years although paradoxically it is right now when the independence movement may be closer than it has ever been to satisfying some of its political objectives such as amnesty or some kind of query. This is what parliamentary arithmetic has and it would be wrong if it did not try to take advantage of this very favorable situation. This opportunity, however, It should not hide the reality: the independence movement has suffered an enormous electoral setback and the mobilization achieved in the Diada has been scarce. It is neither the majority force in Catalonia nor does it have the legitimacy to speak on behalf of the entire Catalan society.