Barcelona as the cradle of resistance against the global far-right wave. With this objective, the PSOE, in coordination with the Socialist International, presided over by Pedro Sánchez himself since 2022, is organizing a transnational conclave of progressive parties and organizations in the Catalan capital on April 17 and 18 to signal that they are standing up to the rise of the far-right. This is the "Global Progressive Mobilisation", which, according to socialist sources consulted, has a will to continue and is not just a one-off political event. In fact, the far-right has also held several global meetings, including one in Madrid where the leader of Vox, Santiago Abascal, sponsored European leaders" who follow in Donald Trump's footsteps.