The former deputy of Esquerra Republicana in the Congress of Deputies, Joan Tardà, presented his work A Republican Chronicle from Madrid at the Torre de la Granadella in Camarles. The author describes the book as an attempt to be a notary of the work done by republicanism during his nineteen years as a deputy, aiming to project the lessons learned towards the present and immediate future.
Tardà emphasized that the book, comprising around eighty chapters, is not a memoir in the traditional sense. He explained that it avoids interpreting the past through the lens of the present, focusing instead on documenting actions and their reasons. The inclusion of personal diaries has enriched the narrative of the experienced events.
The work analyzes key periods such as the efforts to build a federal state following the investiture of Rodríguez Zapatero, as well as the years of the independence process. It also details the endeavors of Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya to establish dialogue and negotiation with the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, which led to modifications of the Penal Code, clemency measures, pardons, and the amnesty law.
“"Such as the need to build a solution that appeals to the entire Catalan movement from the leadership of the left to confront the onslaught of the far-right."
During the presentation, Tardà also addressed current issues, such as the urgency of constructing a political solution that unites Catalanism under the leadership of the left to counter the rise of the far-right, thereby preventing leaders like Abascal and Feijóo from reaching the Spanish presidency, an event he believes would severely harm Catalan identity and the working classes. Furthermore, he stressed the importance of building a left-wing hegemony in Catalonia.
