"Do you agree that the Moià Town Council should promote the urban planning modification of the land in the Castellnou plan for the expansion of the slaughterhouse and the construction of the biogas plant?" This was the question that residents over the age of 16 in this municipality in the Moianès region were asked to answer this Sunday in a non-binding public consultation. With a 30% turnout, 1,487 residents voted against the projects, 151 in favor, 14 abstained, and 11 cast invalid ballots. The platform "Por un Moià Viu" (For a Living Moià), which called for a "no" vote, believes that "the will of the people is clear" in rejecting the expansion of the slaughterhouse and the biogas plant, and points out that they surpassed the 1,451 votes cast for Ara Moià. The party linked to ERC, which governs with a majority, has not taken all the necessary steps. It is the only way to regularize the industrial park and, therefore, save the companies currently located there, but environmentalists and the opposition disagree and believe there are other options.

Franco's anger hasn't subsided, even 50 years after his death. This Thursday, shortly after 5 p.m., when a match was scheduled to begin with a replica of the dictator's boss in Moià, a storm broke out. There was lightning, thunder, and hail. After some hesitation, it was decided to play an hour later. "It will go ahead at all costs," the organizers said. "It's satisfying to kick Franco in the head, it's social therapy, and there's no violence involved in kicking a ball. Violence is not condemning Israel," the artist asserts. Eugenio Merino, the creator of the replica, has a long body of work laden with acidic irony and sarcasm against fascism. Among other actions, he placed Franco on a Coca-Cola cooler.

ERC is championing the right to decide, but in Moià, where it governs with an absolute majority, it is putting every possible obstacle in the way of its residents voting on whether they want the slaughterhouse expansion and the installation of a biogas plant. On May 21, the municipal government refused to admit the consultation to promote the 200 residents in the town hall square.