The Parliament voted this Thursday on the political groups' resolution proposals and demonstrated what we already knew: that the fragmentation of the chamber gives rise to multiple possible alliances and majorities, but none that could threaten the figure of Salvador Illa. The president comfortably navigated the general policy debate, and while it cannot be said that he emerged strengthened, neither did he emerge weakened. His plan to facilitate the construction of 214,000 apartments managed to generate enough debate and opinions, both for and against, to set the agenda and make headlines.

Many things can be said about Salvador Illa, except that he isn't transparent in his political practices. Isla is a transparent politician. He doesn't deceive. And this is evident in his speeches. And this Tuesday, Illa made it clear that he dreams of a Catalonia filled with bulldozers and cranes, cement mixers and bricks, and large signs at the entrance to every town advertising new housing developments. But we don't think this is a mania. developer or speculative in the Josep Lluís Núñez style. No. For Isla, putting all his eggs in the housing basket is a "national mission" that allows him to achieve a triple win: boosting the economy, lowering prices (if it doesn't trigger a new bubble), and improving public spaces. And to achieve this, he also enjoys a very broad consensus, since practically no one in Catalonia is against building housing. The debate, if anything, is about what percentage should be public.

Today it has started the biggest service cut in the history of Cercanías, which has been planned for the R3 (the line from Hospitalet de Llobregat to the Tour de Carol).

An idea for the political parties, now that the general policy debate is beginning in Parliament: try to reach some kind of agreement. It would be so groundbreaking, so contrary to the current, that whoever did it first would win an electoral prize.

The general policy debate, which ends this Thursday with the vote on the motions for resolutions, has left clear clues as to what future lies ahead for this term. First of all, it has become clear that the president, Pere Aragonès, does not intend to move one millimetre away from his commitment to explore dialogue with the State through the negotiating table despite the pressure from his coalition partners JxCat and CUP. The latter, who were quick to reach an agreement with ERC for the investiture, now seem uncomfortable in their role as preferred partner and intend to raise the price of their support for the budget with a proposal that was not included in that pact: holding a new unilateral referendum before the next elections. Aragonès, however, rejected a proposal that would contradict his commitment to dialogue.

The new Government's first major crisis, only one hundred days into its term, comes before three key dates in the political year: the development of the government plan, the general policy debate in Parliament and the presentation of the 2022 budget. The negotiating table has once again revealed differences between Esquerra and Junts, this time over the composition of the Generalitat's delegation and the agenda which should be addressed, but the coalition partners expect this will not affect governability for now. The question is whether they will succeed.