The results of last Sunday and the subsequent electoral call for Pedro Sánchez have convulsed the political map in Spain, especially in Catalonia, where the two great pro-independence parties have opened a deep reflection on the strategy that is best for them in the future. The most paradoxical aspect of the situation is that those who are most pact-oriented with the State are now considering being more radical and those who have displayed a more disruptive position are beginning to see the advantages of moderation. Let's see if we explain ourselves.
Esquerra has opened an internal debate on whether it makes sense to maintain his pragmatism of recent years and whether the time has not come to close the dialogue with Madrid and consider a much more critical and confrontational discourse with the State. This is the line of the speech last Tuesday by President Pere Aragonès.
Junts, on the other hand, has seen how it has obtained its best municipal results where its candidates have been more moderate and have abandoned the continuous appeal for independence. The example that everyone has in mind is Xavier Trias in Barcelona, but we could also include the mayors of Igualada, Martorell or Figueres, who have achieved very good results. In the case of the Catalan capital, Trias would prefer an agreement with the PSC to ensure a stable majority that would allow him to comfortably govern the entire legislature. An agreement that today seems impossible in the middle of the electoral campaign but that could be plausible after 23-J. Even within Junts there is a sector (not the majority) that would be in favor of trying a future agreement with the Socialists, in the event that Sánchez won the elections and needed the votes of the pro-independence deputies in Congress. The convergent gene is pounding again. The moderation of Junts will receive another important boost next Tuesday when the executive pronounces itself in favor of the replacement of Laura Borràs as head of the Parliament presidency.
The paths of Junts and Esquerra always intersect. We will see if this change of roles is consolidated after 23-J or we are only facing an electoral calculation.
