Party maneuvers

Traditionally, the competition was between Junts and ERC, who vie for hegemony in the pro-independence political space, etc. This dispute isn't over (the rivalry, often degenerating into hatred, remains, and hatred isn't just mutual between the parties, but takes root and branches out within the organizations themselves), but it has been tempered, once the two parties no longer have an absolute majority in the Parliament. After suffering a sharp drop in votes and seats, ERC seems to have stalled, and has sought internal pacification, which has resulted in the broad endorsement obtained by Oriol Junqueras at the party's last national congress, which critics see as a false leap forward.

For its part, Junts has had other concerns lately. The arrival of Salvador Illa to the presidency of the Generalitat has led to a PSC (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) that, from the Catalan government, is challenging Junts for the space of right-thinking Catalanism and people of order. On the other hand, the resentment generated after the Process, the demographic pressure produced by the combination of immigration and mass tourism, and the ultraconservative wave spreading across the West have meant that a far-right pro-independence option can aspire to truly hurt the swollen voters at home, according to the latest CEO Barometer.

Faced with this situation, Junts reacts with gestures that often seem nervous and out of tune. In Madrid, despite having supported Pedro Sánchez's investiture, the post-Convergents try to emphasize their role as the opposition as much as possible and make them pay dearly for their seven seats, although this often leads them to align themselves with the right-wing bloc of the PP and Vox. In Catalonia, Junts' opposition to Illa's government seems to be based primarily on the accusation or permanent suspicion of being a pro-Spanish government, an idea that is called into question after a first year in which Isla and his executive have practiced a conservative Catalanism that in many aspects is sufficiently reminiscent of Pujolism: the comfort of Jordi Pujol's mandate seems evident. In any case, the absence of Junts in some major consensuses, such as your favorable vote in the hostile takeover bid by BBVA for Sabadell in the National Commission of Markets and Competition, or its non-adherence to the National Pact for Language (Pujol did attend the signing ceremony.) are difficult to explain and understand for many.