Hug him or hit him?

As expected, the CJEU has validated the amnesty for Catalan political representatives, who were accused of terrorism (for pots with sulfate for plants or because it was in “the atmosphere”) and embezzlement (because during the referendum they used school electricity and toilet paper). The reaction of politicians has been very different, depending on their affiliation. The Catalan PP brought out Lorena Roldán and hid the portraits from above. Junts brought out Gonzalo Boye and Turull, not Puigdemont. Illa, from the Palau, made an institutional declaration in Catalan, Spanish, and English. Esquerra brought out Junqueras, who said he was looking forward to hugging Puigdemont either in Girona or Barcelona. On the other hand, Rufián, on X, said, after celebrating it, that “the PP and Junts speak, agree, and vote as never before”.

The difference between Junqueras and Rufián regarding Puigdemont, and especially regarding Junts, is surprising. The PSC and Esquerra are doing well in the polls — or, if you prefer, not too badly. Not so much for Junts, because voters are defecting to Aliança Catalana. It seems to me that what was once “political Catalanism” — which, for me, undoubtedly includes that PSC of Pasqual Maragall and Raimon Obiols, and could have included the PP of Josep Piqué or Manuel Milián Mestre — needs Junts to also be a strong party. Many of the political leaders of those times had told me a fact that I consider relevant: they had all shared a jail cell and torture, in their underwear, at the Via Laietana police station. This unites much more than it seems, because in a repressive state, there is trouble for everyone.

I have the feeling that the PSC and Esquerra have seen that they need to understand each other if they don't want to see the country disappear. And for it not to disappear, what is needed is for Junts to also have its market. In any case, and while I demand that they all preserve the landscape, culture, and language for me, without taking sides with anyone, I will say that I prefer hugs to reproaches, at this point.