2024-05-15 04:40:35
It has already been reported that the Socialists represented by the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez gained the early elections in Catalonia on Sunday. Puigdemont’s Collectively for Catalonia (JxCat) get together and its allies the Left Republicans of Catalonia (ERC), led by present Catalan Prime Minister Pere Aragones, and the leftist CUP mixed for 59 seats, with 68 wanted for a majority.
Within the Catalan early elections, 135 members of the regional parliament had been elected and the socialists gained 42 seats, which is 9 greater than within the earlier elections in 2021.
Puigdemont insisted he was nonetheless able to uniting the separatists and forming a regional authorities. He mentioned he was in a position to construct a majority – not an absolute one, however greater than what a socialist candidate may muster. “We are going to concentrate on that any further,” he added.
Puigdemont, 61, led Catalonia in 2017 when the area tried to achieve independence from Spain in a referendum, triggering Spain’s worst political disaster in many years.
Since 2017, Puigdemont has been residing in exile in Belgium and is at the moment a member of the European Parliament (EP), however he continues to be actively concerned in Catalan politics.
Puigdemont introduced that he plans to run for management in a vote within the new Catalan regional parliament.
Analysts say the Socialists may mix with the novel left Comuns Sumar, which gained six seats, and the ERC, which gained 20 seats.
JxCat, ERC and the smaller left get together CUP gained a complete of 59 seats, in comparison with 74 seats within the earlier election.
Puigdemont insisted that separatist events have a probably higher likelihood of forming a authorities. He introduced that he had contacted the ERC to debate the formation of a “pro-sovereignty authorities”.
Earlier than the election, Puigdemont promised that he would depart politics if he misplaced.
The result of the early elections in Catalonia gave Sanchez a brand new increase. The Socialist Prime Minister needed to point out that his coverage to scale back rigidity after the 2017 disaster has labored and that assist for Catalan independence has decreased.
2024-05-15 04:40:35