The delegate of the Spanish government in Catalonia, Teresa Cunillera, is leaving after three and a half years in office. She informed President Pedro Sánchez in a letter in which she argued that the situation in Catalonia has "improved considerably" since she took office in June 2018. Despite the fact that she had long sought to end her time in the Delegation, the historic socialist leader has not given any more details about the reasons for her step to the side and has limited herself to claiming she has tried to "fulfil the assignment received". "The time has come to leave my place," she concludes in the letter. According to La Vanguardia –and confirmed by ARA– lawyer Maria Eugènia Gay will replace her at the head of the delegation. Gay does not belong to any party and was agreed on as replacement by Sánchez and the leader of the Catalan Socialists' Party, Salvador Illa.