Antoni Bassas' analysis: '€280 fine for sleeping on the street'

Today we publish an editorial whose title would not have been understood years ago, at least not with the typographic vehemence with which we have written it:

""Floors, floors, floors!" There is no need for me to give you much context. With the real estate market at prices beyond the reach of many pockets and, above all, the pockets of young people, we will be left without a country. We say it at the end of the comment: "In the 21st century, in an advanced society like Catalonia, it is difficult to understand that we have gone backwards in terms of housing. Homelessness, hot beds, substandard housing, sub-letting, flats and overcrowding are the order of the day. It is imperative to get out of the hole."

Precisely today we explain the case of the FP student from Hospitalet de Llobregat who I was sleeping under a bridge. A 22-year-old boy, studious and correct, according to his teachers, who when they gave him a computer said he was afraid it would be stolen because he lives on the street. The teachers have been paying for a room for him, but now he must leave it.

In this regard, today I received a photo of a 280 euro fine that was given last Friday to a person who was sleeping on the street, specifically in Parc Miró in Barcelona, ​​​​next to Plaza Espanya. A fine for sleeping in public spaces, which is clearly not a solution to the housing problem and, from a strictly human point of view, is shameful.

Speaking of humanity and displaced people, Donald Trump has hinted that if Egypt and Jordan do not want to take in the nearly two million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip, they may not receive any more aid from the United States. The law of the strongest, which is why the world is a hell.

Meanwhile, here are two modest notes on political life: as we have been explaining to you, Councillor Parlon announced yesterday on TVE that Mossos will take over security ports and airports in September. This does not mean border control, which continues to hinder the agreement between PSOE and Juntos on immigration.

And you must remember that yesterday in the ARA we explained that Esquerra accepted a temporary tax consortium with the Treasury for collect taxes in Catalonia.

Well, not now. Today we reported that Esquerra is amending itself and now rejecting a temporary consortium, because the party will correct the text of the report on tax collection. Secretary General of the Left, Elisenda Alamany:

"Catalonia must collect taxes in a sovereign manner and, therefore, through the Catalan Tax Agency. This is the commitment and objective of ERC. But it is true that the political report is susceptible to misinterpretation due to one paragraph. And we will amend it now. The authors will register a self-amendment."

A new word in the political dictionary of 2025: self-amendment.

Good morning.