Aragones begins the 12-M race, pointing to Illa as the only competitor

The implicit message is that Esquerra does not consider Junt an opponent and assumes that they will overcome him again in the pro-independence bloc, as happened three years ago. Veiled references to Junts were rare. The most important is to point out the “key plays” that they consider useless to achieve the country’s independence, and little else that could point to a potential Gwent candidate, Carles Puigdemont. He rose to the level of criticism from the House of Commons – with whom they also dispute part of the votes – and which Aragonés again accused of being irresponsible for overturning the more expansive budget. He accused them of taking a short-term view to try to distinguish themselves from the party they actually agree with everywhere: the PSC.

The ERC aims to make the rejection of the accounts a social shock, because all the resources they say will be lost, and a symbol of its position during the legislature in defense of social policies and public sector workers. At the same time, Esquerra demands the results of negotiations with the PSOE to reverse the effects of the repression against independence: starting with an amnesty, continuing the suppression of sedition, and ending with the passage of an amnesty law in the Spanish Congress. The congresswoman was responsible for this matter above all else Teresa Jordan. They also accompanied Aragonés with interventions on stage, Oriol Junqueras, Marta Villalta, Laura Villagra And – with recorded videos – Robin Wagensburg I Marta RoviraWhile government advisors and members of the party leadership sat in the front rows. They all come together with the goal of strengthening the discursive framework of race that they want to be two-way: Aragon vs. Ella, or Ella vs. Aragon.

The slogan with which the ERC is pushing the pre-campaign accelerator is “Win ​​Catalonia”. A slogan that shows the party, on the one hand, as a potential winner of the elections and, on the other hand, indicates Esquerra's intention to position himself as a mirror for the majority of the population, including those non-independents who prioritize the Axis. From the social democratic left. “We must want to be like our community and want to seduce it so that it feels called to be like us,” Junqueras said. The ERC is trying to establish itself as the only party that has prioritized the interests of the country over those of the party, as they believe was demonstrated after the budget negotiation. In this sense, Aragonés also wanted to position the elections as a second binary choice between “the irresponsibility of those who, in the face of problems, look the other way” and those who claim to have worked for Catalonia “relentlessly” in cooperation with everyone. sectors. “We are the government of free nursery schools, of Rodalia transport, of public energy, that represents Catalonia in the world, that of Catalonia in the audio-visual field… the best government in Catalonia since Macia and its partners,” he declared.