Junts is in turmoil the day after Jordi Martí's victory in the primaries in Barcelona, which has made him the party's candidate in the municipal elections in the capital. He was not the leadership's man, quite the opposite; prominent members of the top brass maneuvered to boost the officialist Pilar Calvo, a deputy in Congress and president of the National Council. But the operation failed: Xavier Trias' right-hand man has won and, with him, the clearly convergent DNA. And this has caused an upheaval in the formation, as this newspaper has confirmed from various sources.

Junts' primaries in Barcelona are at a key point to choose the candidate for mayor among the four mayoral candidates, all of whom live in the Sarrià-Sant Gervasi district, a key area for Carles Puigdemont's party in the municipal elections. The choice is between the current municipal leader, Jordi Martí; the first secretary of the table and deputy, Glòria Freixa; the deputy in Congress Pilar Calvo, or the lawyer and former deputy Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas – the only one who lives in Sarrià; the others live in El Putxet, although Calvo is a member of the Eixample district, where she also used to live. The race has the decisive debate this Friday afternoon before the militants can vote in a process that will end with the publication of the results on Sunday evening.

The Junts maelstrom in Barcelona continues. The debate to find a mayoral candidate to replace Xavier Trias... who said goodbye to the council It's been a year and a half, and the decision is still not finalized, although the party leadership makes no secret of its preference for one of the current councilors. According to ARA, the option of recruiting last-minute candidates has been ruled out after receiving some rejections, and the candidacy of the party's spokesperson and vice president, Josep Rius, is gaining considerable ground as the clear favorite. However, Jordi Martí, the leader of the municipal group, handpicked by Trias, hasn't thrown in the towel. Rius is the best positioned in the eyes of the leadership, according to multiple sources, but the main objective is to "reach a consensus" and "avoid primaries," which would only be called in the event of a major conflict. The name, therefore, "is between Rius and Martí," says a council source, because the option of bringing in someone from outside the party "hasn't taken hold." In this sense, under the leadership's auspices, there are ongoing "conversations" involving the two potential candidates. The objective of these contacts, which have not yet yielded anything concrete, is to avoid a public "confrontation." How? With their commitment "not to call primaries until there is an agreement or a definitive break" between both sides—implying that, had they understood, the votes would have been avoided, although this now seems a distant prospect. Rius is the frontrunner, and in fact, Puigdemont has a particular fondness for him, according to several sources, but he will achieve his goal "provided everything is done calmly." "Nobody wants to go to war," they say.