He won the last three elections in Catalonia, but the doors of the Generalitat remain closed to the PSC. At least until the next Catalan elections. The socialists are soaring in the polls and if elections were held today in Parliament, Salvador Illa would clearly win with between 39 and 45 seats, ahead of ERC (29-34) and Junts (19-24), who have been losing ground as the legislature progressed. The results are collected by the Barometer of the Center for Opinion Studies (CEO) which was made public today, the day after Pedro Sánchez's investiture, although the polls were conducted a few weeks ago, before the PSOE's agreements with ERC and Junts. in the July poll, the PSC was also first, but with an estimate of 31-37 seats, practically tied with Esquerra, which obtained between 31 and 36.

The first polls on the May 12 elections, published this Monday in El Español and La Razón, point to a clear victory for the PSC, with a majority of between 36 and 42 seats, and give second place to Junts, which would overtake ERC at the polls. According to these surveys, therefore, Pere Aragonès's party would be the main loser compared to the 2021 elections. The commons could also suffer the consequences of the early elections, protagonists in recent weeks of the legislature for their no

The PSC remains ahead in the polls a month and a half before the 12-M elections. Also in the latest barometer from the Centre d'Estudis d'Opinió (CEO) made public this Thursday, even though the poll was conducted before the announcement by the President of the Generalitat, Pere Aragonès, of advancing the elections. Be that as it may, if the parliamentary elections were held today, the socialists would revalidate the victory of three years ago and would aim to obtain between 35 and 42 seats, a slight setback compared to the November survey (the November poll) (39-45). Behind them would be ERC, with 26-32 seats and an average rating of its government by Catalans of 4.3 (the same as the Spanish government's). The Republicans see Junts approaching them, which would rise to 24-29 seats. The poll data was collected between February 9 and March 7. Precisely on the last day, the agreement for the amnesty law was materialized and approved in the Justice Commission of the Congress. During this period, the Koldo case also broke out, which implicates the former Minister of Transport, the socialist José Luis Ábalos, and in early February, farmers began to mobilize in the streets.

All polls agree that the PSC will win the next Catalan elections, but the one presented this Friday by the Centre d'Estudis d'Opinió (CEO) is particularly encouraging for the socialists, who would broadly surpass their opponents with a range of between 40 and 47 deputies, growing significantly from the 33 they obtained in 2021. The CEO's poll is also a counter-current poll because it places ERC (31-37) in second position, ahead of Junts (28-34), which would place Pere Aragonès in the fight with Carles Puigdemont to become the candidate for investiture from the pro-independence flank. The director of the CEO, Jordi Muñoz, has spoken of a "technical tie" between the two parties.

The leader of ERC, Oriol Junqueras, will run as the party's candidate for the next Catalan elections, as Catalunya Ràdio and The Newspaper and the ARA has been able to confirm. The Republican leader, who regained the presidency of the party in December of last year, will make it official this Tuesday at a conference in Barcelona under the title A new national ambitionUntil now, Junqueras had resisted confirming his intention to run in the next Catalan elections, because he maintained that he was currently still disqualified from running and that, even if he wanted to, he couldn't.

Straight after the second nine-way electoral debate, two of the main candidates for victory are already itching for a less crowded format that allows them to confront their projects directly. Catalan Republican Left (ERC) candidate Pere Aragonès suggested this option to the Catalan Socialist Party (PSC) during the TVE debate, and this Monday their candidate Salvador Illa has picked up the gauntlet. "I have no problem debating with anyone who wants to debate with me," he said at a press conference organised by ACN. The socialists warn, however, that they will only do so in the event that it is authorised by the Central Electoral Board and this, in the past, has generated much controversy. In particular, due to the opposition of other parliamentary parties. This same Monday the JxCat candidate, Laura Borràs, the other party that the polls place as possible winner, has made a counterproposal: "The polls put JxCat in the lead for the first time and now there two gentlemen who want to capitalise on the debate. I propose to them: why don't we have a threesome?"

A group of TVE Catalunya professionals have expressed their dissatisfaction with how the state broadcaster will conduct the debate between candidates scheduled for this Sunday's prime time. For the first time, the debate will be held entirely in Spanish. There are also complaints that "he chosen moderator is not a RTVE Catalunya professional. There are professionals here who are more than qualified to perform the functions of moderator and who, in addition, are in daily contact with the Catalan social and political reality". In the letter to which ARA has had access, the staff stress that some of these journalists "have experience in programmes of this same format, both at Catalan and state level". The journalist Xabier Fortes is the one chosen to present the debate, but the signatories do not mention him because they do not want to question his professionalism.