Together for Catalonia leave the government. The militancy of the party has decided in an internal consultation with 55.73% to leave the Consell Executiu -the option to remain has remained at 42.39%- and break up with Esquerra. The president’ Pere Aragones You must now analyze the options you have at your disposal to be able to endure the legislature, which will last, if there are no major setbacks, until 2025.
What will happen from now? The first thing is that the ‘consellers’ of Junts, who put their position at the disposal of the party, present their resignation to Aragonès, something that they will foreseeably do on Monday. The head of the Government must sign his dismissal and elect seven holders for the Conselleries that remain vacant: Digital Policies and Territory, Health, Social Rights, Justice, Economy and Finance, Foreign Action and Open Government, Research and Universities.
The key piece is who will occupy the vice presidencyalthough in cabals the name of the ‘consellera’ of the Presidency sounds strong, Laura Vilagraas number two of Aragonès.
rule alone
The departure of Junts leaves ERC without a partner in the Palau de la Generalitat but does not imply elections ‘per se’. In fact, the Republicans affirm that they will not call the polls due to the socio-economic moment in which Catalonia finds itself due to the high levels of inflation and the need to carry out budgets that allow alleviating its effects and implementing measures such as the plan anti-crisis that Aragonès announced in the first session of the general policy debate with an amount of around 300 million euros.
Now, to avoid sinking into permanent instability, the ERC will need the collaboration of the PSC and the ‘comuns’, since the CUP has gone on an offensive from the opposition since they failed to agree on the 2021 bills. An opposition that now They will share with Junts, who is preparing to carry out a constant confrontation against Esquerra.
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The socialists and the purples are willing to build bridges in a timely manner. The ‘comuns’ could study, if necessary (and the offer), their entry into the Executiu, but the PSC rules it out. However, your support will be essential from now on to carry out the budgets of the Generalitat.
ERC will not look for the Socialists to share the Executiu as it is their main electoral opponent, along with Junts. Even less, at the gates of an electoral multicycle that will be decisive for the future of the entire political board. In this context, with Junts out of the Executiu, the pro-independence confrontation would go further. In fact, from the post-convergence headquarters they are already warning that they will not make things easy for Aragonès from now on.