Catalan election - unionist gains, pro-independence losses and what's next
Durada: 17 min
18/05/2024
The Catalan snap election is over, and the voters gave the Catalan Socialist Party, PSC, a whopping 28% of the vote, which translates into 42 seats. But falling short of an absolute majority of 68 seats, the Socialists must now find new alliances to form a government. This episode of Filling the Sink was recorded bright and early on the first morning of the new political cycle.Gerard Escaich Folch joins Lea Beliaeva Bander to break down the election results and answer the question: who will govern Catalonia for the next four years? The election results also show that the pro-independence parties seem to have lost momentum, while the unionist parties are celebrating gains.The biggest surprise was the entry of the far-right pro-independence party Aliança Catalana, which won 2 seats in Catalonia.We will hear the reactions from all the major presidential candidates and talk about what coalitions we can expect. The Catalan phrase of the week is "colze a colze", which means arm in arm.