The five opposition parties in Badalona City Council reached an agreement on Wednesday night just 24 hours after the start of formal meetings to present a motion of no confidence against People's Party mayor Xavier García Albiol. Thus, on Thursday, the sixteen councillors of the Catalan Socialists' Party (PSC), Guanyem, Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), Badalona en Comú and Together for Catalonia (JxCat) will sign the motion before the municipal secretary and on Friday the documentation is expected to be registered at the City Council. The plenary session for the investiture of the new mayor will be convened after a period of ten working days, on Monday 8 November