Antoni Bassas' analysis: 'Albiol has an absolute majority in Badalona for the eviction'

Some of the 400 people evicted yesterday in BadalonaThey spent the night on the street

They were evicted without any preparations in place, neither by the Badalona City Council, nor the Catalan government, nor the Spanish government. The failure, therefore, is collective because you can evict a settlement, but the people don't disappear; the only thing that happens to the problem is that it moves.

The Catalan government and the Spanish government tiptoe around the issue, as if it weren't their concern; meanwhile, the mayor of Badalona, ​​Xavier García Albiol, has been boasting about the eviction and about not having spent a single euro to help those evicted, saying that these people were causing "serious problems of coexistence and security."

"I want to make it very clear that the Badalona City Council will not spend a single euro providing housing for people who have dedicated themselves to making life impossible for the residents. We have raised the issue and made inquiries through the various municipal departments to see if there was any possibility that some people could spend the night in guesthouses or other designated spaces. I repeat, no one has been willing to take these people in."

Albiol, who used "Cleaning Up Badalona" as his slogan in the 2015 municipal elections, governs Catalonia's third-largest city with an absolute majority. He is voted for by many people who previously voted for the Socialist Party, or for the Comuns and Catalan separatists. And, as is often the case when you win, everyone embraces you, and Albiol had normalized his political image, to the point of appearing insupport the National Pact for the LanguageAlbiol has exposed the left wing that had governed the city for so long. But now he's back where he started: he knows that the rhetoric that conflates immigration and crime wins votes, and since he's played this B9 case to the extreme, he's sure to reap electoral rewards, regardless of the fact that we're talking about human beings.

Also worth analyzing yesterday was Santos Cerdán's appearance in the Senate. He presented himself as the victim of a deep state conspiracy against him, in which manipulated evidence, specifically recordings, was allegedly used, all because he negotiated the amnesty with Puigdemont and was the first socialist to take a stand.

"Everything changed after Puigdemont," Cerdán said.Everything must have changed. What is certain is that when Pedro Sánchez let him down, something irregular must have happened. But Cerdán insisted that after the negotiations in Brussels he had to be escorted, that people from other parties warned him: "Be careful." But the Vox senator who questioned him, Ángel Pelayo, said yes, it all started with the amnesty negotiations: "It all stems from here. It's a colossal act of corruption, Mr. Cerdán."

It doesn't stem from here, exactly. He just deemed it illegitimate that Sánchez gathered the votes that Feijóo couldn't muster. And, therefore, it comes from further back. He just lost power. For the PP, for Vox, power is above the unity of Spain. Because, in their worldview, one guarantees the other. Even if this undermines the credibility of the judiciary.

Be that as it may, Sánchez is the big loser in this PSOE crisis. We've been telling you: it was in freefall, acting desperately. Want a slight hint, like that first gust of wind around a corner that makes you realize winter is here? Take a look at this article from El País:"To imagine a PSOE without Pedro Sánchez"The idea is that perhaps a replacement for Sánchez should be considered because what's good for him (holding on) could be bad for the Socialist candidates, as they will fare poorly in the regional and municipal elections. This article wasn't written by just anyone: it's signed by one of the newspaper's deputy editors.

Good morning.