This Saturday, Junts kicked off a brief pre-campaign that will culminate with the general elections in 43 days, on November 29. He did so in La Garriga (Vallès Oriental), with an intervention by his candidate in Madrid, Miriam Nogueras, at the meeting of the national council that validated the lists to participate in the elections.
In his speech, Nogueras has stuck out his chest for not having approved the two Government housing decrees whose repeal motivated the early election call and has pointed out that “the most revolutionary thing today” is to be in the middle and occupy political centrality, despite “the noise” of the two blocks.
After the presentation of the candidates, the post-convergent leader stressed that on 29-N what is at stake is "what capacity Catalonia will have to defend itself and stop the extremes." “We have become the meeting point for those of us who are tired of extremes, the meeting point for Catalans and the middle and working class,” said Nogueras. "Of the Catalonia that complies and is tired of paying for the party to others. We are the ones in the middle and today the most revolutionary thing is to be in the middle and defend centrality and rigor," added the leader of Junts in Madrid.
In the opinion of those of Carles Puigdemont, who has intervened behind closed doors by telematic means and has also claimed that centrality, on 29-N the Catalans decide which country they want in the coming decades. We risk how we will live, what opportunities we will have and what future our children will have. "We are at stake about what capacity Catalonia will have to defend itself and stop the extremes; to make Madrid work for Catalonia and what capacity we have to influence," stated Nogueras. “We are at risk if we continue to be trapped in the middle of the noise of the two Spanish blocks, increasingly trapped by the extremes,” he concluded immediately afterwards.
In her appearance, the leader has also vindicated her negotiations throughout the last legislature: "Centrality requires character and knowing how to negotiate; knowing how to hit the table when necessary, withstanding pressure and blackmail" and "it demands being able to tell the truth and work hard." “If there is anyone capable of stopping these two blocks, we are those of Junts per Catalunya,” he concluded.
On the lists, in the four Catalan constituencies, there is continuity in the starting positions. The four 2023 candidates, Josep Maria Cruset, Marta Madrenas and Isidre Gavín, repeat. Nogueras' number two will be Josep Pagès, who is climbing the list and was in charge of legal issues in the parliamentary group. Isidre Sierra, who was mayor in Sant Climent de Llobregat (Baix Llobregat), also joins. Pilar Calvo, who aspired to be the candidate in Barcelona in the municipal elections, will be number three, although there are voices that suggest that she could make an electoral ticket with Jordi Martí next May. And the lawyer Teresa Vallverdú, who is close to Antoni Castellà and is part of the management of JxCat, also joins the lists for the Lower House. The list is closed by the veteran former minister Joan María Vallvé, who worked closely with former president Jordi Pujol.
The Senate candidacy for Barcelona will be led by the former mayor of Vic Josep Maria Vila d'Abadal, who was president of the AMI and comes from Unió Democràtica de Catalunya.
In recent days, negotiations had been held with Convergents, the extra-parliamentary party of former minister Germà Gordó, after the pact sealed last week with the Partit Nacionalista de Catalunya (PNC) of Marta Pascal. But in the end there has been no agreement and Gordó's people will try to collect signatures in the ten days left to participate on their own.
Nogueras' campaign will be directed by Georgina Pou, who has been his right-hand woman in the last three years in Madrid, with a discreet role, and is highly trusted by the post-convergent leader.
