The Catalan Socialist Party won Sunday’s election, on an election night full of twists and turns. With the Independence bloc’s majority removed relatively early on election night, the question in the final stage of the counting process was whether a left-wing bloc would obtain an absolute majority to govern, a hypothesis that had been put forward, ruled out, and has yet to be reached. The matter was on the table again until at some point, and with more than 97% of the votes counted, it looked like the Socialists, CRP and Somar would get 68 seats in parliament, the minimum for a majority, the CRP leader said. It will be up to the two with the most votes. “Choose the path,” he declared, declaring that his party would do so “In opposition.”
Shortly afterwards, the Junts’ leader, Carles Puigdemont, said that despite finishing second, he had not ruled out leading the government and challenged the European Rescue Council, although it was not clear who else could form a majority government with the two powers: “The distance between us and the Likud Party is no different from the distance between the People’s Party and the Socialist Workers Party in the Spanish Parliament. If the Egyptian Red Crescent wants to build bridges, so do we.“
The leader of the Catalan Peace Council celebrated the clear victory: “After 45 years of history, the Peace and Social Council won for the first time the elections to the Catalan Parliament in terms of votes and seats,” Salvador Illa announced. “The pro-independence parties, which we respect, have 61 seats. Catalonia is entering a new phase. The Catalans have decided to open a new phase.” “Many factors have influenced this decision. Certainly one of these factors was the policy pursued by the Spanish government, by its president, Pedro Sanchez, who defended Ella.
On the social network X (formerly Twitter), deputy director of the newspaper El Pais Claudie Pérez summed up the election this way: “He just buried Ella practical. The left does the math. Neither the amnesty nor the five days of April approved by Sanchez were sanctioned by the Peace and Security Council. The junta rises and eats up the Equity and Reconciliation Council, the biggest loser, but the pro-sovereignty bloc abandons the majority. “The right is on the rise, and the radical and extreme right is very strong.”
A diary Sh nation He comments that the consequences of Sánchez’s amnesty for the Catalan independents was one of the big questions the election had to answer. “The result, despite the administrative difficulties it left behind, was very clear: Pedro’s policy Sanchez […] This led to the moment of greatest weakness for the independence forces since 1980. They had few places together at all.
After counting more than 99% of the votes, the Progressive Socialist Council, led by Salvador Illa, obtained 42 seats, an increase compared to 2021, when 33 deputies were elected, followed in second place by Juntes (of former President Carles Puigdemont) with 35 seats. The Republican Left Party of Catalonia, owned by current President Pere Aragonés, won 20 seats, a lower result than it obtained in 2021, when 33 deputies were elected.
Opinion polls showed that fourth place would be contested by the conservative People’s Party and the far-right Vox party, but as the night progressed, the People’s Party was clearly ahead by 15 places and Vox by 11. These results mean a significant increase in the number of votes. He supported the People’s Party, which won only 3 seats in the last elections, the worst result in its history.
Then, in the distance, the left-wing Soumar Party appears, with six seats, and the (independent left-wing) Union and Progress Party, with four seats. Cidaús was excluded (for the first time since 2006, when he participated in the Catalan elections). For the first time) the Catalan Alliance, a new far-right, pro-independence party, entered Parliament, winning two seats.
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