Overview
- At an extraordinary PSC national council Salvador Illa presented Industry Minister Jordi Hereu as the party’s proposed head of the Barcelona list and the party will vote to ratify the nomination at its next ordinary national council when it will also unveil the full candidate lists.
- Illa used his speech to sharply criticize Junts for refusing to back the government’s housing decrees and publicly asked the party “¿Para qué sirves?” to question its current political usefulness.
- The PSC leader singled out Madrid figures on housing policy by blaming Isabel Díaz Ayuso for the eviction of ‘Maricarmen’ and saying Alberto Núñez Feijóo does not deserve Catalonia’s support.
- Jordi Hereu and Illa framed Catalonia as decisive for the November 29 general election and called for unusually high progressive mobilization to turn regional gains into national influence.
- The move is presented as a strategic effort to expand the PSC’s citizen base won in 2023 and to reclaim ground from Junts by making housing the central campaign issue that could shift bargaining power in Madrid and affect renters facing eviction.