At least 600,000 people demonstrated this Thursday throughout France, according to data from the Interior Ministry, against the rising cost of living and the deterioration of public services. Within the framework of a general strike called by the main French unions, which place the participation figure at 1.6 million French people, citizens have once again returned to the streets in one of the forerunner states of the mobilizations sweeping across Europe, and which mostly share the loss of purchasing power and the cutting of social items in public budgets as motives for protest.

Whoever made the decision to disguise two plainclothes agents among the teachers meeting at the Institut Pau Claris did not calculate the effects their discovery would have, in the midst of the Government's crisis with the majority teacher unions. Salvador Illa's partners point invariably towards the Director of the Police, Josep Lluís Trapero, as responsible and demand his head. This Saturday, both ERC and Comuns, essential for governance, have increased pressure on the socialist executive, which from Tuesday must face a new series of strikes in public schools and institutes. "If the director general does not want to resign, it will be up to the president of the Generalitat to dismiss him," stressed the leader of ERC, Oriol Junqueras, from Tàrrega. The leader of Comuns, Jéssica Albiach, has also called for his dismissal because "the infiltration crosses all red lines".

A group confronts the security guards at a club in Mataró because the club is full and they can't get in. When a Mossos d'Esquadra patrol car arrives, the vehicle is pelted with bottles and blows that end up with broken glass, which is why the officers have to call for reinforcements. It is a scene from a fortnight ago, but the police say it is constant. Last year, with the more restrictive measures imposed by covid - such as total lockdown - crimes of resistance and disobedience to police officers skyrocketed. Although the same record has not been achieved in recent months - nor have such strict restrictions been repeated - violence directed at the police has continued. According to data from the Mossos and local police, crimes against officers have doubled compared to before the pandemic.