Pedro Aragonés and Janina Juli, parents for the second time

BarcelonaFormer President Pere Aragonès and his wife, Janina Juli, have become parents for the second time, they announced on Instagram last night. Aragonés shared the first image of the new member of the family, Pol. "Pol arrived this afternoon full of health and strength. Both he and his mother are feeling very, very well. And the whole family is immensely happy," they explained in their post on the social network.

The couple already had a daughter, Claudia, who turned six this March. On her birthday, Aragonés shared an image of the girl on Instagram with the message, "For many years, Claudia! Six years ago we lived the best day of our lives, and since then you have not stopped bringing us joy every second of our lives. We love you, as you say, 'to infinity.'"

In The Marathon On TV3's 2023 program, dedicated to sexual and reproductive health, Aragonès, then president of the Generalitat (Catalan government), revealed that he and his wife had been trying for a second child for some time, but had suffered three miscarriages, the last relatively shortly before the charity program. Aragonès then described the situation they had experienced as "very painful" and defended the need to raise awareness of this issue. "When you start telling your friends and family, you realize it's happened to a lot of people," he asserted. During his appearance on the program, he also reflected on how indiscreet questions can add pain or pressure to couples trying to conceive. "Sometimes they ask when you'll have children, or when you have one, when you'll have a couple, and sometimes you've tried and it just hasn't worked out. As a society, we must learn to care," he insisted.