Jaume Giró rejected an offer from Aliança Catalana to be their mayoral candidate in Barcelona

BarcelonaFormer Junts Economy Minister Jaume Giró has admitted that Aliança Catalana offered him the candidacy for Barcelona in the upcoming municipal elections, which he declined. He revealed this in an interview on RTVE: "Since I stepped aside on September 4th, I've had meetings with many people who have offered me all sorts of things, from creating a new party to forming a citizens' platform. That also happened, and I listen to everyone, and I politely declined the proposal." Giró explained that the offer didn't come directly from Aliança's leader, Silvia Orriols, but from someone within the party leadership, without specifying who.

Now, a few weeks ago, however, Aliança rejected the offer in Giró after The World "Aliança Catalana has in no way contacted Jaume Giró to offer him the top spot on the list for mayor of Barcelona. This information is false; it does not stem from any conversation or formal proposal by either the party or its president, Silvia Orriols. The rest is self-serving speculation, the product of a journalism that often prefers to spread misinformation rather than inform."

Giró, who has not been part of the Junts executive committee since September but remains a party member, has made it clear that he will not lead the party's list in Barcelona either. "If there isn't party support, it's pointless to do it," he stressed, before adding that he was naive when he tried to be the candidate instead of Míriam Nogueras in the Spanish elections and then had to step aside due to the lack of support from Carles Puigdemont and Jordi Turull. No candidate

Thus, Aliança Catalana continues its search for a strong candidate to take the reins in the Catalan capital. During the inauguration of the party's headquarters in Barcelona a few weeks ago, Orriols said they were in talks with an "interesting figure" who could fit Aliança's ideological profile to be the candidate for Barcelona, ​​but noted that the lead candidate will not be announced until Sant Jordi's Day.

In this search for potential candidates, another name that has surfaced as a possible mayoral candidate is that of publicist Lluís Carrasco, who managed Joan Laporta's campaign in the last Barça presidential elections and who was the mastermind behind the banner at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium featuring a photograph of the now-president, with the message "Looking forward to seeing you againCarrasco, however, has already stated that he does not want to enter politics, although as he indicated All of Barcelona, his agency could take charge of Alianza's campaign in Barcelona for the 2027 municipal elections.

Although it doesn't yet have a mayoral candidate, the far-right party is already making its presence felt in Barcelona City Hall. The second wave of the municipal barometer, which was published last week, detects exponential growth for the Orriols-based party, to the point that it is now the fourth largest force in direct voting intention. Thus, 3.9% of those surveyed responded that they will support the Alliance When asked how they would vote in municipal elections in the Catalan capital, they ranked only behind the PSC, Esquerra, and Barcelona en Comú, and ahead of Junts.