Maragall says that Trias embodies the "delivering of the city to old times"

Entering the final stretch of the campaign and risking the votes of undecided citizens, the mayor of ERC, Ernest Maragall, has stressed this morning regarding the possible post-election pacts that he will not fall "in the distribution of positions, chairs and functions, which is what happened in 2019”.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
22 May 2023 Monday 12:15
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Maragall says that Trias embodies the "delivering of the city to old times"

Entering the final stretch of the campaign and risking the votes of undecided citizens, the mayor of ERC, Ernest Maragall, has stressed this morning regarding the possible post-election pacts that he will not fall "in the distribution of positions, chairs and functions, which is what happened in 2019”. In a press conference organized by the ACN, the Republican, who won the previous elections, was referring to the investiture of Ada Colau thanks to the PSC and Manuel Valls.

In that call to the hesitant voters, Maragall has charged against the Junts candidate, Xavier Trias, who, in his opinion, embodies "the city's surrender to old times", in reference to the Convergence of the 3% commissions. He has also reiterated the "risk" of a Trias alliance with the PSC, in which the PP could participate "directly or indirectly".

On the Rambla del Raval, the number three of the candidacy, Ester Capella, this morning outlined the ERC lines regarding the reception of migrants. Without giving details, she has indicated that it is her will to open a cultural space for diversity in Barcelona, ​​similar to the one that exists in Paris dedicated to the Arab world, and to reinforce Catalan as a language of encounter.

Yes, he has spent more time showing his rejection of issues that are not municipal competence. The former Minister of Justice criticized that socialists and commoners "maintain a racist Immigration Law, "which allows the rich to buy immigration permits" in reference to the golden visa or golden visas, which make it possible to obtain residence permits through investments of a minimum of 500,000 euros in homes. "It is an economic discrimination that the PP created and that the Socialists and Podemos maintain," he remarked, while calling for the closure of the Center for the Internment of Foreigners (CIE) in Barcelona, ​​"a prison for people who have not been able to buy his residence permit”.