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Junts Mayors Press Turull in Manresa for Shift to Local Agenda on Immigration, Crime and Housing

Party leaders call the meeting routine following a Podemos vote that halted the proposed transfer of immigration powers.

Overview

  • Six municipal leaders, including the mayors of Vic, Calella, Manlleu, Cabrera de Mar and Olot, met Jordi Turull in Manresa to convey their priorities.
  • The group urged greater focus on immigration management, multirecidivism, okupaciones, housing and demographic pressures over symbolic national issues.
  • Concern about Aliança Catalana’s momentum in interior municipalities shaped the push, with attendees warning of municipal risks ahead of 2027.
  • The attendees signed a joint communiqué framing the consultation as normal and expressing full alignment with Junts’ current strategy, with a follow‑up meeting with Carles Puigdemont under consideration for early October.
  • Junts has tabled measures in Congress on immigration delegation and laws on multirecidivism and okupaciones, but none have advanced, and the immigration transfer was blocked on Tuesday by Podemos.