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The separatists in Catalonia win again Although the three parties ERC, Junts for Catalunya and Cup have been presented separately in the elections, their post-vote alliance would lead them a lot to exceed the absolute majority of the Catalan parliament, equal to 68 votes. Out of 135 seats, according to data released tonight at the end of the poll, the possible pro-independence bloc obtains 74 seats while all the others, which include forces that are politically very distant from each other (Socialists, Citizens, Ecp, Vox and Popular Party). ) stop also added to 61 seats.
The Catalan elections, marked by a decrease in participation compared to 2017 due to the coronavirus, which so far has registered more than 540,000 infections and almost 9,900 deaths in Catalonia, thus seem to give Madrid another slap in the face. The Catalan Socialist Party (PSC), affiliated with the PSOE of the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who presented his popular Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, as the main candidate, has taken a decisive leap compared to four years ago, almost doubling seats ( 33 compared to 17) and maybe even winning in terms of votes. But it will not be enough to take over the leadership of the rich Catalonia.
The separatists of ERC (Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, Catalan Republican Left), still chaired by Oriol Junqueras, in prison for the illegal referendum and the 2017 declaration of independence, also won 33 seats. The other separatists of Junts from exile in the Belgian Carles Puigdemont is the third most voted team, obtaining 32 seats. And again, the minority Cup separatists get 9 seats. The extreme right of Vox in turn enters the Catalan parliament with 11 seats.
On paper, the PSC could attempt an entirely left-wing coalition with Catalunya, ECP and ERC, but the latter clearly distanced itself from such a hypothesis already in the electoral campaign. It is more likely that he is preparing to lead the independence bloc: this would allow him to try to impose his more moderate agenda, away from the unilateral path to independence (pursued by the tough and pure secessionists of Junts) and instead in favor of pressuring Sánchez . for a referendum agreed with the central government of Madrid. However, this is also a path to explore.
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