Together compares Isla to Trump and maintains distance from the Catalan government: "He's leaving Catalonia in a coma."

BarcelonaSalvador Illa failed to convince the opposition on Tuesday, and on the second day of the general policy debate, all groups attacked the president of the Generalitat. The management of the Socialist executive was the focus of Junts in a harsh intervention by the party's president in the chamber, Albert Batet, who demonstrated his distance from the Catalan government. The main opposition party accused the president of the Generalitat of being "a great anesthetizer" and of leaving Catalonia "in a state of coma" and "in the ICU," but warned him that "Catalonia will wake up." The leader of the regional government criticized The "irresponsible" housing promise for more than 200,000 apartments -which he has asserted he doesn't believe and which he has compared to the functioning of the commuter train system-, the state of infrastructure and education, or the "denationalization" of the country. Batet also asserted that the executive "neither works nor has the strength to govern" because it is "a government without a budget." And it was at this point that he directly compared Isla to the president of the United States: "Donald Trump also governs like this and he's not the best example," he snapped.

The comparison with the far-right US president angered the president: "It hurt me a little that you compared me to Trump, because I don't want to have anything to do with it," he said in his reply. In fact, the head of the Catalan government commented that he has never doubted Junts' "deeply democratic credentials" and demanded the same of the PSC.

Batet also took issue with the president for the "provincialism" he believes the government practices. Isla countered by advocating for international travel and using Jordi Pujol as an example in this field. "I was the first Spanish political leader to meet with a head of state," he said, referring to his meeting with the Pope last week. But this response, according to Batet, supported the "provincialization" theory, because "he said he was the first Spaniard" to do so. A "provincialization" that Batet has combined with the "submissiveness" he believes Isla has toward Spanish President Pedro Sánchez.

Isla, however, reminded Puigdemont's party that the state of education and healthcare "is not a product" of his government, but rather "of how things have gone in recent years," and defended his relationship with Sánchez because "a progressive coalition government is the best thing that can happen to Catalonia."

Junts' diagnosis also pointed to the "collapse of social services" and to the fact that the government has "damaged the social elevator," putting "the social contract" in danger due to the state of public services, which "opens the door to magic solutions from populists at both extremes." In any case, to reverse this, it pointed to the "fiscal deficit" of 20 billion euros that the Principality has each year with the rest of Spain and called for an economic agreement.

Harshness from the PP, Vox, and AC; criticism from the CUP

At the same time, the PP has once again cast the shadow of corruption over Isla for his handling of the Ministry of Health during the pandemic and has once again linked him to the Cerdán case. "It's enough to sayChili"so that he becomes Chucky, the evil doll," said the Catalan Popular Party leader, Alejandro Fernández. He added that "there's a reason he must be losing his temper and refusing to explain the role of Santos Cerdán, Koldo and Ábalos." The president has asked him to stop "the defamation and lies" and that "it could lead to pneumonia and I don't want it to get any worse." Fernández received the response as a "threat."

For his part, the leader of Vox, Ignacio Garriga, gave a harsh speech against immigration and attacked Isla's "criminal" management as minister and his policies. "nonsense," the socialists' "pacts with ETA" and even the "slave taxi" of the Open Arms. The president of the Parliament, Josep Rull, has called him to order several times. monopoly". "First there were 50,000, now it's approaching 200,000, the day after tomorrow we may have to reclaim land from the sea to build housing," he added, after denouncing that Catalonia "doesn't have room for everyone."

Regarding housing construction, he asked for specific details, such as whether the new apartments will be public or how much they will cost, and demanded a "public construction company." He also criticized Isla for not pursuing "left-wing policies": "It's fuel for frustration and fear, for the far right."