Defeat of the separatists in the regional elections of Catalonia

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting According to the official results announced by the newspaper “De Sight”, the socialists clearly won the regional elections in Catalonia that were held on Sunday, and supporters of independence and secession lost their absolute majority.

In this way, for the first time since 1980, pro-independence parties lost the absolute majority of seats in the Barcelona Parliament. According to the official results announced, the four pro-independence parties of Catalonia won 61 seats, which were needed to win a majority of 68 seats. The main members of this party won this election. They are far from an absolute majority with 42 seats. However, Ila could be elected prime minister of the region with the support of other left-wing parties – thereby preventing new elections.

Catalan Parliament 135 It has seats, and the parties must capture at least 68 seats to win the parliamentary majority.

More than 5.7 million people were eligible to vote in the parliamentary elections in Catalonia, but thousands of people They could not participate in the elections due to disruptions in the power lines and railways.

Socialists also won the most seats in the 2021 local elections, but could not achieve a coalition with other parties. Therefore, separatist parties formed a parliamentary majority by forming a coalition consisting of 74 seats.

According to the preliminary official results, Carles Puigdemont’s conservative-liberal United party , the region’s former separatist leader, who lives in exile in Belgium, came second behind the Socialists with 35 seats. But the 61-year-old has no real chance of gathering enough support to form a government. The separatist Republican Left Party (ERC) led by Per Aragones, former president of the region, took third place with only 20 seats (13 seats less than before). The four separatist parties together won only 61 seats and lost 13.

Analysts see the election result as a major victory for the center-left government of Pedro Sánchez. , the Prime Minister of Spain in Madrid is 600 kilometers away from this area. Sánchez has largely neutralized the conflict in Catalonia with his policy of reconciliation and concessions to separatists. For Sánchez, the support of the separatist parties in the National Parliament of Madrid is important. The result should also help him in June’s EU elections.

In his victory speech, Ella announced that he would support the reconciliation process with separatists led by Sanchez. “No Catalan will be excluded from this new phase that begins today,” he continues. He emphasized that he wants to become the prime minister of the region so that Catalonia can once again become the leading economic region of Spain. Ila said with the loud applause of his fans: “The Socialist Party won the Catalan elections for the first time in terms of votes and seats!” Ila needs the support of the Republican left, which has not yet made a clear statement on this matter. Aragones, the party’s leader, initially said they would go into opposition, but he did not rule out working with the Socialists.

Regardless of what happens in the next few weeks. As it happens, there is great joy at the Monclova State Palace in Madrid. Sanchez spoke about the historic result on the online platform.

He added: Today a new era begins in Catalonia, which is designed to improve the lives of citizens, expand rights and strengthen coexistence.

Carles Puigdemont, the former separatist leader of the region, hoped to return to power in the elections. There is still a warrant for his arrest in Spain because of his independence efforts in the past. For this reason, he had to campaign from the south of France.

In 2017, despite the resistance of the conservative central government in Madrid and the ban of the court, the referendum The independence of Catalonia from Spain was held. At that time, there was a confrontation with Madrid about this, and Puigdemont fled into exile to escape Spanish prosecution, but he remained active in regional politics.

Now for Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez in Madrid said the Socialists’ recapture of power in Barcelona would be a major victory for his de-escalation policy in Catalonia. Since Sánchez took office in 2018, he has tried to defuse the crisis caused by the independence referendum. He sought talks with the centrist ERC separatist party and pardoned leaders of the independence movement jailed for their role in the 2017 secession attempt.

Recently , Sánchez agreed to the controversial amnesty law in order to secure the support of Catalans in the Spanish parliament and thus a majority for his government in Madrid. Despite the opposition of the right-wing and extremist parties, the Spanish Parliament is going to make the final vote on this law this month.

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