The mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau, appeared this afternoon before the media, the day after the breakup of the Catalan government, after Junts announced her departure from the government after consulting the militancy. Colau has reacted to what was experienced yesterday and which he defines as "an unprecedented crisis", a moment of great political relevance in which "we have spent too many weeks and months of blockade and paralysis" for which he urges us to look forward "in the new stage that opens in Catalonia. For this reason, she urges the Catalan government to seek broad majorities and stable alliances "to overcome this crisis of the first magnitude."
The first Barcelona mayor considers that the people who are in charge of the institutions must be responsible for leading this moment "avoiding sterile fights" but also carrying out a useful policy, which boosts the economy and putting all available public resources at the service of people “they are having a worse time” carrying out a boost to the social emergency “that we already have here”. The majority of the population, he assures, "has disconnected from the political noise and the blockade, it is not what society demands" but impulses to social, housing, security or energy policies.
Colau calls on the Catalan administrations to be agile to overcome "this crisis of the first magnitude" since "the challenges are not for a few months, the challenges are for now and are urgent". Society is facing a crisis "that increasingly affects and anguishes more people," he asserted, a crisis due to the rising cost of living and growing international instability that are added to local and global challenges "such as inequalities!"
For all these reasons, he publicly addressed the President of the Generalitat, Pere Aragonès, to urge the search for broad and progressive majorities before the new stage that is opening in Catalonia. Thus, he reiterates that "Barcelona City Council is fully willing to help and collaborate" with full institutional loyalty and the will to strengthen public services ".
For the mayor of Barcelona, the main objectives must be stability and the ability to attend to the future, without forgetting the immediate present. Colau urges the government of the Generalitat to respond with stable alliances, lasting trust and overcome the scuffles once and for all. "It is necessary to put the country ahead of the parties" she repeated, at a time when she insisted that it is necessary to speak clearly. Now, she said, "there must be progressive majorities, budgets in all areas and institutions at full capacity."
