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    <title><![CDATA[Ara in English - Francisco Camps]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Camps shakes up Mazón's succession]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/politics/camps-shakes-up-mazon-s-succession_1_5597665.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/33e43aa7-ea51-4e87-91d7-08a36dec0e14_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_1055006.jpg" /></p><p>If Alberto Núñez Feijóo hoped that the Valencian federation would stop causing him headaches after the tumultuous replacement of Carlos Mazón, former president Francisco Camps has dashed those hopes. The former head of the Valencian government wants to lead the party again and be its electoral figurehead, and he has seen the perfect opportunity: <a href="https://en.ara.cat/valencia/d-day-in-the-valencian-community-the-pp-is-confident-that-vox-will-investigate-perez-llorca_1_5574865.html" >the recent appointment of Juanfran Pérez Llorca as president of the Generalitat</a>He believes the politician from Finestrat is a weak leader, lacking both the legitimacy of the ballot box and the support of the party's members. That's why he's demanding that the rank and file be given a voice at a party congress. His potential rivals—Lorca himself and the mayor of Valencia, María José Catalá, who are the frontrunners—remain silent and loyal to the party headquarters in Madrid. At the party headquarters on Génova Street, they're asking for time. First, they want to consolidate Llorca's leadership, then assess whether he can stop the flow of votes to Vox, and if not, promote Catalá as his replacement or evaluate whether there's a better candidate among their list of mayors. The person most afraid of Feijóo's influence is Camps. He believes his chances lie in stirring up debate and giving the grassroots a voice. He's even calling for a congress "on the American model," allowing supporters to vote, as well as members who have stopped paying their dues. He justifies this deference by saying they have been "very neglected" in recent months. He said so last week at the presentation of his campaign team, which does not include any prominent leaders. In fact, the most relevant figure is Inés Peiró, a councilwoman from the municipality of La Pobla de Vallbona. A person with no influence within the party. "Our party is now an inverted pyramid with few members and many positions," the former president complained.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Martín Fernández]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Dec 2025 17:16:21 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Former Valencian president Francisco Camps during the presentation of his campaign team.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The former Valencian president attacks Lorca while the other candidates await Feijóo's decision.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Camps submits his candidacy to be the PP candidate for the Valencian Generalitat]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/politics/camps-submits-his-candidacy-to-be-the-pp-candidate-for-the-valencian-generalitat_1_5583246.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/6ddbafab-4ff6-4251-922a-dc2d2588363e_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>Former Valencian president Francisco Camps took another step in the internal power struggle within the People's Party (PP) on Thursday, announcing his candidacy for the presidency of the Valencian Generalitat, complete with a proposed government program. In statements to the media, he clearly stated his intention not only to run in the regional congress for the presidency of the Valencian PP, but also to become president of the Generalitat, succeeding current president Juanfran Pérez Llorca. "Will they make it easy for me? No. Will they try to prevent this? Yes. But I will try," he asserted emphatically. This scenario directly clashes with the wishes of the national leadership under Alberto Núñez Feijóo—who has consistently supported the mayor of Valencia, María José Catalá—as well as with Pérez Llorca himself—and his potential desire to remain in office—and the president of the Valencia Provincial Council, Vicent Mompó—who has been championed by the provincial leaders of the Valencian PP. "Today, after the entire process has concluded, I say it openly and without hesitation: I want a president elected by the party members, by the voters, and by an absolute majority of the PP's members of parliament. That is my objective," he stated, speaking of himself.</p>]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 04 Dec 2025 20:21:20 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Francisco Camps makes the victory gesture at the event where he confirmed his intention to run for president of the Valencian People's Party.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The former president officially announces his intention to succeed Pérez Llorca, taking another step in his internal power struggle within the PP.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Who is most concerned about Camps' challenge in the Valencian Community: Feijóo or Mazón?]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/politics/who-is-most-concerned-about-camps-challenge-in-the-valencian-community-feijoo-or-mazon_1_5440055.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/e1df9d77-81ae-4930-a33a-f919efd83882_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>If there are two people who grimaced on Wednesday when Francisco Camps confirmed his <a href="https://en.ara.cat/politics/francisco-camps-takes-the-plunge-want-to-be-president-of-the-valencian-people-s-party-again_1_5438792.html" target="_blank">intention to contest the leadership of the Valencian PP</a> were Carlos Mazón and Alberto Núñez Feijóo. The former, because the former president's candidacy questions the figure of the Alicante politician and further complicates his already complex continuity. The second, because he fears that the crisis in the Valencian federation will jeopardize his chances of reaching the Moncloa, as happened two years ago.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Martín Fernández]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 11 Jul 2025 07:01:13 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[The president of the People's Party (PP), Alberto Núñez Feijóo, and the head of the Council, Carlos Mazón, during the PP congress held last weekend.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The former head of the Consell confirms his candidacy to preside over the Valencian People's Party (PP) despite opposition from the regional and state leaderships.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Camps returns]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/opinion/camps-returns_129_5439182.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/6ddbafab-4ff6-4251-922a-dc2d2588363e_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>So that everything doesn't get so dramatic, here's the news of Francisco Camps' return to politics. <a href="https://en.ara.cat/politics/francisco-camps-takes-the-plunge-want-to-be-president-of-the-valencian-people-s-party-again_1_5438792.html" >Camps has announced that he wants to return to being president of the Valencian PP.</a>, but not president of the Generalitat Valenciana, because his return "is not against anyone" (but his poor relationship with Feijóo, Mazón and Zaplana, who was the mentor of the president of El Ventorro and of the deceased of the DANA, is well known). For younger readers, we clarify that Camps was president of the Generalitat Valenciana between 2003 and 2011, when he was forced to resign from office due to his involvement in the Gürtel scandal. Camps has spent fifteen years going from trial to trial, up to eleven, from which he has invariably emerged acquitted: of the Gürtel scandal and also of other scandals that involved him in the collection of illegal commissions, such as the Formula 1 and Nóos cases or the visit of the Pope (2010) to organize. <em>events </em>and issue some invoices).<em>the Priest</em>, because he is very devout, and surely thinks that so much accumulated absolution must have to do with the protection of some heavenly person, because he is also prone to egotism. The existence of a birth justice system, one of the black holes of Spanish democracy (along with, precisely, corruption).</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sebastià Alzamora]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 10 Jul 2025 12:03:53 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Francisco Camps makes the victory gesture at the event where he confirmed his intention to run for president of the Valencian People's Party.]]></media:title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Francisco Camps takes the plunge: "I want to be president of the Valencian People's Party again."]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/politics/francisco-camps-takes-the-plunge-want-to-be-president-of-the-valencian-people-s-party-again_1_5438792.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/71926420-9f75-4e08-a97c-1a947d17f0cf_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>"I want to return to being the president of the Valencian People's Party (PP)." Former Council leader Francisco Camps confirmed this Wednesday what he had been hinting at for weeks, something that senior PP officials hadn't wanted to hear. The announcement came despite opposition from the regional and state leadership, which had asked him to postpone any decision so as not to open an internal battle, weaken the figure of the controversial Carlos Mazón, and divert focus from the reconstruction after the DANA.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Martín Fernández]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 10 Jul 2025 07:02:04 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Former Council leader Francisco Camps during the event where he announced his intention to run for the presidency of the Valencian People's Party (PP) again.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The former head of the Consell confirms his candidacy despite opposition from the regional and state leaderships.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Camps doubles down on Mazón and Feijóo and threatens to fracture the PP]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/politics/camps-doubles-his-pressure-mazon-and-feijoo-and-threatens-to-fracture-the-pp_1_5375256.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/2528190f-8f42-4781-996c-cf5fb4bf0ccb_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_1049567.jpg" /></p><p>A traditional firecracker shot, playing the song at full volume <em>And will survive</em> Gloria Gaynor's message—the message of the lyrics is unequivocal—and the warmth of hundreds of PP supporters and former leaders still smarting from having been sidelined when they were investigated and, in some cases, convicted of corruption. These are the levers that former president of the Valencian Generalitat (Generalitat Valenciana), Francisco Camps, used this Saturday to redouble his fight with the current PP leadership to regain a position in the party. If possible, the regional presidency of the party.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Martín Fernández]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 10 May 2025 13:44:52 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Former President of the Valencian Generalitat, Francisco Camps, this Saturday in Valencia.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[He claims to lead the party in the Valencian Community and resigns as the candidate for the Generalitat.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Camps' return, another headache for Mazón]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/politics/francisco-camps-plans-to-return-to-the-front-line-of-the-valencian-pp-have-project_1_5307511.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/b43f71ff-b2fe-4250-9932-13e616a09124_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>The former president of Valencia, Francisco Camps, has been returning to politics for months. He has expressed this many times, and seems to have seen the weakness of the current head of the Consell, Carlos Mazón – questioned for the management of the DANA on October 29 – as the perfect opportunity. He intends to force a return to the front line, which, until now, the Popular Party has resisted, arguing that it is necessary to wait for the final resolution of its legal situation, which, of course, <a href="https://es.ara.cat/valencia/absuelan-francisco-camps-juicio-contratos-generalitat-valenciana-gurtel_1_5043867.html" >was closed last July.</a> "I have a project," he insisted again today from the microphones of Catalunya Ràdio.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Martín Fernández]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 07 Mar 2025 10:35:53 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[The head of the Consell, Carlos Mazón, and the former president of Valencia, Francisco Camps, together a few weeks ago at the Jaume I Awards ceremony.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Militants close to the former president are organizing to influence the next congress of the Valencian PP]]></subtitle>
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