no Artur Mas no Jordi Pujol They joined the Junts, more than a year after party officials led by Carles Puigdemont invited them to do so. Neither of the previous presidents of the Catalan government believed this … It is appropriate to take this step, among other reasons, to be able to maintain its “independence when it comes to expressing an opinion on current events” and because Gwent’s political drift is, at the moment, “unexpected,” several sources close to Maas and Pujol point out to this newspaper, which put forward the same arguments, and it is not a coincidence.
In October 2024, Maas admitted that he had not “yet” joined Junts, assuming that it would take months, if not weeks, before he would end up signing the application and paying the fee (membership pays monthly payments of 10, 20 or 50 euros). In a television program on the Catalan channel RTVE, who headed the government between 2010 and 2016, said that he was speaking with… jordi torrole, Secretary General of the Party, let’s see “When and how to do it.”
Only three months before this public confession, during a dinner party in a city in the province of Barcelona, some eighty Junts cadres, most of them former Convergència fighters, urged Mas and Pujol to join them in the partisan adventure. Interestingly, it has been leaked that both the heroes have accepted the offer. Nothing could be further from the truth. When the Puigdemont teacher was asked about it on television, a few weeks later, he distanced himself.
But he then indicated that his decision could not be evaluated as that of any hardliner, and that, if necessary, it seemed appropriate to show his commitment to Ginz with the help of Pujol, who for his part led the government for 23 years (from 1980 to 2003). “It has a symbolic point. “I would like Pujol and I to conclude this connection,” he noted. Both former regional presidents still recognize the importance of a decision like this. Also about what it means to not take the step.
The founder of Convergència finds himself in the same situation. “He won’t join. It’s more comfortable than outside. At his age, it wouldn’t make sense for him to be a member of the Junts. “Look for a position as a former president above internal and partisan conflicts,” they told ABC’s entourage of Pujol, who was at home. 95 years old He is focused on reclaiming his political legacy and faces trial in the National Court accused, along with all his children, of committing, among other crimes, membership in a criminal organization.
“Waterloo Wall”
The recruitment attempts made by Gontz, with special efforts by Turol, have not borne fruit, for the time being, and it seems logical that Puigdemont sees in the decision of Mas and Pujol a complete lack of confidence in his leadership (personal) and a way of saying, without expressing it, that they do not share some strategic decisions (policy). For example, Keeping Junts in established “tackle” positions in 2017 And the maximum in their demands.
In this context, with the party embarking on a journey without direction or destination, such as the collapse of negotiations with the Socialist Workers Party and the government of Pedro Sanchez and the legislative blockade in Congress, sources from the party – unofficial – tell this newspaper that they sensed the first cracks in the relationship between Turol and Miriam Nogueras To strengthen his influence in the decisions made by Puigdemont. The reason will be, mainly, the contradiction between the two when it comes to managing the bankruptcy of the relationship with the socialists.
“They have distanced themselves and the relationship has cooled in recent weeks,” they told ABC of the match. “Miriam Runs out “It’s all Puigdemont has been asking for since Waterloo, but she is angry because all the polls show us that we are losing seats in Congress,” declare the same sources. “Everyone is very wary about Waterloo, because the wall of exile is difficult and high,” they add, warning that because – as these sources believe – Nogueras has no team and Turul has a team but is losing influence, the relationship could become complicated: “Turul usually feels displaced, Even though he is the Secretary General, because Myriam and Puigdemont do and undo as they please.
If this situation (the distancing of Mas and Pujol from Puigdemont and the internal conflict between Turul and Nogueras) is added to the strong external pressure exerted on Juntes Catalan Alliance – In this regard, some political sectors expect the upcoming General State opinion poll to be a “bomb” – and the party is beginning to show the first symptoms of structural weakness.
For all this, despite the fact that the Mas-Pujol tandem took part in the election campaign of the last Catalans (“I always help the gentes if they ask me, my affinity is towards these people,” defends Mas) and Delfin Pujol rolls up his sleeves, when he deems it necessary, to prevent Sylvia Orioles Signing in the field paid for by the Junts, the current circumstances make it not possible for both of them to take a step forward. «Teach and assist so that Junts are a useful and predictable party. “We are open to agreements with the PSOE, the PSOE and the Popular Party,” Party sources indicate that this is the goal of the former CiU regional presidents who therefore refuse to keep Junts on the “practical” path as Puigdemont and Nogueras insist.
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