Letters to the Editor

Wheelchairs and bicycles

As a wheelchair user moving around Barcelona's Sants neighborhood, I've been encountering tourist bicycles badly parked everywhere for a few months now. They're from Cooltra, Bolt, Lime... I have to avoid them because if I call a tow truck, I've found they don't come to remove them, even after days and several calls. Don't tourists and these large companies get fined because it's already known they won't pay? Add to that, of course, the mess of dog poop and urine, which has become commonplace.

Marta Martínez Deulofeu

Barcelona

The invisible burden of caregivers

Caring for a dependent person is a responsibility often experienced in silence and without respite. Thousands of family members, mostly women, dedicate hours to caring for parents, children, or partners with a disability or chronic illness, often forgoing their work and social lives. This task, almost always unpaid and under-recognized, involves physical fatigue, emotional stress, and a high risk of suffering from anxiety or depression. Despite the existence of the Dependency Law, many families complain about the slowness of assistance and the lack of public resources. Caregivers need real support, assisted respite, and recognition, because with their invisible efforts, they sustain an essential part of our welfare system.

Júlia Badia Estopà

Sabadell

From city to showcase

In less than five years, I've seen how my neighborhood's landscape has completely changed. Local businesses have been replaced by large franchises, the usual bars by brunch spots, and many apartments have been converted into tourist accommodations.

The city that once felt close and ours has slowly become cold and alien. It no longer belongs to those who live there, but to those who merely visit.

Inés Corta Casanovas

Barcelona

The loss of interest in politics among young people

More and more young people are showing disengagement with politics. It's not that they lack an opinion or interest in what's happening around them, but rather that they feel that traditional politics no longer represents them. Distant rhetoric, fading promises, and the lack of tangible results generate a feeling of powerlessness and disconnection. Many see institutions as a closed space, reserved for a select few, where their voice has no place. This distance stems not from disinterest but from disenchantment. Young people want to participate, but in a different way: through social movements, collective actions, or projects that generate a real impact on their communities. They're not looking for rhetoric, they're looking for facts. Politics needs to regain its credibility with a generation that demands consistency, transparency, and solutions. A new way of doing politics is needed—one that's more accessible, more honest, and capable of inspiring. If we fail to listen to and incorporate young people into public debate, we run the risk of writing the future without them.

Natalia Romero Martín

Canet de Mar

And Biden?

Any level-headed person can accuse Trump of being complicit in the genocide in Gaza—and more—perpetrated by the State of Israel against the Palestinian people. And Biden, though? Wasn't it during his last year in office that the massacre unfolded? Who's holding Biden accountable?

Marco Antonio Adell

Valencia