The socialist Jaume Collboni is trying to exhaust the last possibilities of conquering the mayorship of Barcelona. Ministers of the central government put pressure on tweets. Ada Colau's future seems more uncertain every day. On top of that, the PP allows itself to be loved...
And, meanwhile, Xavier Trias is cooking the next government of Barcelona the old-fashioned way, on a slow fire, making xup-xup... The winner of the municipal elections has been holding talks with his main rivals for days, but at the moment the most he has advanced ones with Ernest Maragall. Those from Junts do not hide it. They are much more comfortable with ERC than with PSC. Collboni's contacts with the PP distance him definitively from the sovereignist forces. Together with the ERC they see it as an unnatural maneuver that impoverishes political life. Suddenly, sociovergence appears more unlikely than ever. In addition, the republicans do not forget the role that Collboni played four years ago, in the Valls operation, and they expect Trias to take the next step, to turn the talks into negotiations, to put a specific government proposal on the table. The offer could make Republicans reconsider their vote in the investiture session.
But Trias is in no hurry. The alignment of the planets that separates him from the mayorship seems very complicated, but the noise surrounding this possibility is increasingly deafening. The proximity of the general elections is rarefiing conversations that would otherwise flow more naturally. So, little by little, they understand Trias and his, slow fire and xup-x up. Trias' goal is to be installed as mayor with the greatest possible support, and then to form as stable and autonomous a government as possible. And if that's why you should wait...
Collboni is throwing himself into it. He has no other alternative. Due to ERC's reluctance to set up a left-wing tripartite, the socialist is seeking the support of the PP. In Madrid, members of the Spanish Government try to rescue the threat of the process, warn of the dangers of leaving Barcelona in the hands of so many pro-independence people and try to make it appear that Collboni's contacts with the PP are very appropriate.
On top of that, the popular Daniel Sirera is not willing that Ada Colau can take advantage of his hypothetical support. Perhaps with the mayoress still far from Barcelona, and with a division of government responsibilities that leaves the commons in the background, the people could consider this maneuver. Alberto Núñez Feijóo himself endorses Sirera's attitude.
And Collboni clings to the hope that circumstances will take Colau away from Barcelona. If finally Sumar, Podemos and the confluences of the left agree on a candidacy for the next general elections, it would not be surprising if Colau chose to get involved in Yolanda Díaz's project. They are the common ones who are being left more out of place by the latest events in the post-election conversations. After Friday's count left everything as it was and thwarted the Socialists' dream of overtaking, their room for maneuver was further reduced.
