Antoni Bassas' analysis: 'What is Junts' threat to Sánchez?'

Three notes today.

Together: after Nogueras' warning yesterday in Sánchez ("It's time for change"), Together they have placed themselves alone aheadsame as the big decision that Puigdemont already anticipated in the summer with the autumn in which "things will happen that have never happened."

Which ones? Junts claims to be clear about what it will do and that it will explain it thoroughly when it makes a decision. Supporting a motion of no confidence to bring down Sánchez and allow the PP and Vox to govern doesn't seem like it. So what? I can only tell you that the Spanish government isn't afraid that Junts will bring it down. The underlying problem can be understood with an example: for some time now, Junts has been submitting a bill in Congress on how to punish repeated offenses, an issue that particularly affects Junts mayors and is a proposal that isn't getting through because another of Sánchez's partners, Podemos, is blocking it (as already happened with the delegation of immigration powers). Between immigration, the Catalans in Europe, and the fact that next week it will be eight years since Carles Puigdemont was in exile, Junts, which doesn't belong to the left-wing bloc, doesn't know what benefit it's getting from being there. And that's why, yesterday, Nogueras crossed a line he hadn't yet crossed: talking about illegal financing of the PSOE and prostitution, as the PP does.

Housing crisis. It will be discussed today at the European summit with heads of state and government, because the problem is widespread, although some countries have done more to build public housing. But there are developments on the local front.

Island studies banning speculative home purchasesHe said this yesterday in Parliament because he has a report that says the limitation on buying an apartment only if it is to be lived in could be constitutional in tense markets. We already know President Isla, he is business friendly And it will by no means go as far as the CUP or the Comunistas would like. Aside from the fact that when it comes to moving from concept to practical use, it will be difficult to find the legal basis. And if it creates legal uncertainty, builders may stop work, and there would be less supply of apartments on the market.

We explain it here:

This is a controversial measure, and there could be others: Do you only have one apartment?You pay less property tax; do you own more than one apartment? You pay more property tax, or you pay more on property transfers if you own more than one apartment, say, five.

The fact is that we have housing, both rented and purchased, at prices that are overwhelming many families' finances. This news shows that rent prices in Barcelona, ​​for example, are the second highest in Europe relative to salaries: higher than those in Spain, Rome, or Berlin. This is a major issue that will no longer be abandoned in the political debate.

And one last note, in the background. Yesterday there was a tribute to Lluís Companys in the Parliament (he was Speaker of the House) and Vox hung some posters that said: "Murderer".

There you have it. Aside from being an insult, it's a lie. It's well documented that Companys, precisely, saved as many lives as he could. Take note of how the Spanish far right continues to violently attack everything we are, and now it's taken a step further. Vox must be punished in Parliament. Fascism is back and is threatening us again.

Good morning.