Jordi Turull: "Nobody who wants to do useful politics makes agreements with people who don't keep their word."

BarcelonaThe reluctance of a sector of Junts to break all relations with the PSOE They do not change the course of the party's leadership, which has in its favor the result of the internal consultation that endorsed that decision. The Secretary General, Jordi Turull, has responded in this regard to the mayor of Figueres, Jordi Masquef, who in an interview on the ARA He expressed his support for negotiating the state budget to continue pursuing "useful politics" from Madrid, despite the break announced (and defended) by the leader of Junts, Carles Puigdemont. Speaking from Vic this Saturday, Turull maintained that it is "unsustainable" to continue making deals with the PSOE, given their failure to comply with agreements on issues such as Catalan representation in Europe, the transfer of immigration powers to the Generalitat (Catalan government), and the lack of progress in resolving the political conflict. "No one wants to do useful politics and reach agreements with people who don't keep their word," Turull retorted to Masquef.

"The mayor of Figueres himself said it: you can't be a cuckold and pay for the drinks," the Junts secretary general continued. He was referring to Masquef's statements in which he opined that the announcement was not a break, but rather "a pressure tactic" to show the PSOE that Junts is not "about..." lantern"It's a smart stance; in the end, what you can't do is be a cuckold and pay for the drinks," Masquef told this newspaper.

However, according to Turull, the relationship with the Spanish Socialists is in its final stages because the time has come to say "enough." "The PSOE is the one that ruined the legislature because they failed to deliver; it's curious that the pressure is now directed at Junts," he stated. Along the same lines, he added that the Socialists were "warned repeatedly" that if there was no progress, Junts would walk away from the negotiating table. "What we're not going to do is talk again with people who never follow through. This isn't negotiating, it's just having a talk show," Turull pointed out. Junts' decision is doomed to failure. about fifty laws from the PSOE and Sumar, From budgets to the law to declassify state secretsThis Saturday, the Minister of Culture, Ernest Urtasun (Commons), criticized the Junts party for choosing the side of "blockade" and urged them to reflect on whether they want "to be useful in Catalonia or useful to the PP and Vox." But do the Junts party members want the Spanish president, Pedro Sánchez, to call elections? Turull hasn't clarified this, although he maintains that his party is prepared for "any scenario." The Junts general secretary believes that it is Sánchez who must explain "how he expects to face" the legislature now that he has lost the parliamentary majority on which he relied, and that it is a "democratic anomaly" for him to intend to govern behind the back of Congress. However, he avoided commenting on a possible motion of no confidence to remove the Socialists from La Moncloa, even with a proxy candidate to trigger elections. "The problem shouldn't be passed on to us; the problem is Sánchez's," he argued.

The Spanish government, however, is not throwing in the towel. In statements this Saturday, the First Vice President and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, reiterated that her intention is to serve out the full term. According to her, they will do so by negotiating each initiative "vote by vote," despite the entrenchment of the Junts party. "Each group requires its own work, Junts included. But we have managed to pass more than forty legislative initiatives despite the complexity of Congress," she asserted from Córdoba.

The mayor of Premià de Mar

The mayor of Figueres is not the only one who, contrary to the party leadership's opinion, believes it is preferable to maintain alliances with the Socialists rather than forgo them. The mayor of Premià de Mar, Rafa Navarro, has expressed a similar view. "I am in favor of fighting from within and exerting influence from within," he said this Friday in statements to PremiàMèdia. Navarro lamented that the Junts leadership had already vetoed any agreement with the Socialists after the municipal elections, as well as any pacts in the provincial councils. This was one of the decisions that generated the most discontent in the region regarding Turull. "The municipalities have been deprived of many resources because it's obvious to everyone who governs them, and they clearly extract much more from the municipalities that are aligned with them," the mayor lamented.

It is no coincidence that the opposition to the official stance regarding the Socialists comes from the local level. As ARA explained, a sector of mayors has been expressing discontent for months and He calls for a change of course for Junts, with an eye on the 2027 elections. These groups are calling for a discourse more connected to the local area and to prevent the departure of more influential figures from the region—as happened, for example, with former regional minister Jaume Giró. Turull is in Vic this Saturday as part of a campaign to explain his proposals directly to the public throughout the region, where they have set up 110 information booths.