Time is running out. Jaume Collboni, mayor of Barcelona, knows it, but so do Ada Colau and Xavier Trias. “My promise is that the city will have an expanded, progressive government and have budget plans before the spring,” Collboni said this Tuesday on the TVE program Cafè d'idees. And that is why he has announced that if the pact is consolidated, whether with Junts or with the Commons, Barcelona will have a night mayor, probably from the force with which it ultimately pacts, a figure that will manage it, among others would, the activities of culture and nightlife. “I can’t say who it is because it’s part of the agreement,” Collboni said.
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In its program, the PSC defends its own specific model for managing the night and managing the city “that does not sleep” and the actors who operate in it. A proposal that also came from the Republican candidate Ernest Maragall in the last election campaign in May and referred to an authority that had to ensure the functioning of security, social and health care as well as leisure activities at night.
Collboni still does not reveal who he will reach an agreement with, although the socialist is in more advanced talks with former mayor Xavier Trias than with his former partner Colau. “In a couple, both must want to get married and know under what conditions, I must be clear that majorities must be formed and that the direction of my government will be progressive and its policies will be progressive, that is, the public space “and to ensure the social rights of the city and contribute to the climate challenge,” emphasized Collboni. And he added: “I have infinite patience, as the ten years I have been on the city council have proven.”
The socialist reiterated that he is a strong local government, although he had to sign the extension of the municipal budget due to a lack of support and was questioned several times by the opposition in these months. En route to the pact, Colau announced last weekend that he would remain on the Barcelona city council. “I left it where it is most useful, whether we are in opposition or entering city government. “I will work for this city, in whatever capacity,” said the House leader on Saturday. Collboni replied today: “I was one of those who was convinced that it would continue like this for a while. He said that Xavier and Ada would stay there for a few months, it was normal that they wanted to protect their political space, it was legitimate.
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