After the Catalan independence process and the division of recent years, the recovery and how to move forward in the future have been the most repeated themes. This Tuesday, at the Catalan University of Summer in Prada, a tribute was paid to the former president of Òmnium, Muriel Casals, ten years after her death. The current president of the entity, Xavier Antich, the president of the Parliament, Josep Rull, and the former president of the Parliament and of the ANC, Carme Forcadell, have performed a kind of "beatification" of Casals' figure and have prescribed her as a remedy to "raise the independence movement," regain unity, and combat "the hatred" of the far-right party Aliança Catalana, led by Sílvia Orriols.

For ten years, the pro-independence movement has mourned the loss of Muriel Casals, the economist and activist who, as head of Òmnium Cultural, became one of the symbols of the independence process. Casals did not live to see the October 1st referendum because died more than a year earlier He died in an accident while riding a bicycle, but his leadership was key in the events that preceded it, from the November 9th referendum to the Junts pel Sí list, of which he was a member. Coinciding with the 10th anniversary of his death, his legacy was celebrated this Tuesday in a tribute organized by the organization he led between 2010 and 2015. The event was attended by the activist's family and numerous politicians, including the Speaker of the Catalan Parliament, Josep Rull, former presidents Quim Torra and Juli Fernàndez (ERC deputy), and the president of the Catalan National Assembly (ANC), Lluís Llach. "He was able to see further," said the president of the pro-independence organization, Xavier Antich, who emphasized "the importance of hope," as Casals conveyed, even now "at a time when everything seems to point to the opposite." "Muriel taught us that the only future we have as a people is the one we are capable of building together, based on the diversity that unites us," she declared.