Talking about anesthesiologists

Albert Batet, president of the Junts group in the Parliament, yesterday defined Salvador Illa as "the great anesthetizer of Catalonia." It was a way of bringing together in a single adjective the monotonous public personality of the president of the Generalitat (caricatured in the Poland (like someone capable of withering plants just by speaking) and denouncing what Junts calls the "denationalization" of Catalonia.

But it would be more accurate to consider that the work of national anesthesia has been a team effort. What good has it done the independence movement to have an absolute parliamentary majority? Why, out of more than 2 million votes?indepasThe percentage of Catalans who registered in the December 2017 elections fell to just under 1.4% in the May 2024 elections. And that's despite the fact that, according to the CEO, 40% of Catalans still want independence. In other words, even before Isla could "anesthetize" them, many separatists preferred to change parties or stay home.

It's true that the tension to achieve independence can't remain as high indefinitely as it was in 2017, and even less so after the failure of the Process's ultimate goal. But the strategic division that has led Junts, ERC, and the CUP to seek a solo photo op, the constant hostilities between them, the sermons and ill-tempered speeches, all of this has been fundamental in putting the national project of full sovereignty to sleep. And there's no sign of any change, not even in the leadership. And in politics, as in life, if you want different results, you can't always do the same thing.