The PP places Albiol as a candidate for Barcelona on 29-N to stop Vox

The leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has opted for the mayor of Badalona, ​​the media expert Xavier Garcia Albiol, as the head of the list for the Congress of Deputies for the province of Barcelona. The objective is for Albiol, with a speech focused on the fight against irregular immigration, multiple recidivism and home occupations, to serve as a brake on the rise of Vox, take away votes from the PSC and allow the popular party to grow in a community, Catalonia, key to Feijóo's aspirations to become President of the Government after 29-N.

The appointment was an open secret and in recent days Albiol himself has released videos, on his social networks, in which he links what he considers his successes as mayor - for example, the vacancy of a former institute, B9, which had become the largest migrant settlement in Spain - with the need for legal reforms in the country after the elections. The designation of Albiol as a candidate was made public by the PP this Saturday in a message from

Feijóo and Albiol will stage the appointment this Sunday at a PP pre-campaign event at the Palau de Congressos de Catalunya, in Barcelona. Both had already seen each other on September 20, in a massive event with residents in Badalona, ​​where Albiol governs with an absolute majority. The mayor explained to him the topics on which, in his opinion, the popular campaign should revolve: occupations, recidivism and “conflictive irregular immigration”, the concept that the mayor is using in his latest public appearances.

Albiol will most likely become a deputy in Congress, but he will also be a candidate to revalidate the mayoralty in the municipal elections of 2027. In order not to neglect the city and give wings to the opposition, he plans to leave other positions he holds and that require him to travel to Madrid or Brussels (in the Federation of Municipalities or in the European Committee of the Regions). The objective is that the influence it may have in Madrid ends up aligning, especially through legislative modifications, with the policies it promotes in Badalona. A paradigmatic case is the “express” housing evictions, which are claimed as a measure against occupation.