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Tortosa: Political Future Defined by Pacts and New Candidates

The city faces decisive months for its local political landscape, marked by governing pacts and the emergence of new political forces.

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Tortosa is at a pivotal moment as political strategies for upcoming elections are being shaped, with established governing pacts and the rise of new parties potentially altering the electoral landscape.

The coming months will be crucial for Tortosa, as several uncertainties surrounding the city's political future need to be resolved. The main question is whether Junts can leverage its opposition during the current term to gain the single council seat it lacked in 2023 to achieve an absolute majority, or if the progressive bloc can grow and retain the mayoralty.
In the 2023 elections, former mayor Meritxell Roigé led Junts per Tortosa to become the most voted party with 10 councilors. However, this figure was insufficient to prevent a pact between the Movem-PSC coalition (7 councilors) and Esquerra Republicana (3 councilors), who secured the investiture with the support of the CUP.
The current governing pact includes a mayoral handover: Jordi Jordan (Movem-PSC) held the position for the first two and a half years, and Mar Lleixà (ERC) will assume the mayorship from January 2026. Lleixà, who aims to run again as ERC's candidate in 2027, is now under pressure to establish her own distinct profile, despite securing only 3 councilors in 2023 with Xavier Faura as the candidate. Her challenge is to prevent the Republican project from being diluted within the coalition with Jordan and Movem-PSC.
The Movem-PSC coalition, meanwhile, must clarify whether it will maintain the municipal formula that yielded good results in previous elections, an option that currently appears most feasible.
The CUP, with one councilor who has been instrumental in the progressive government's stability and decisive in several votes, will strive to maintain its status and influence within the city council.
Meanwhile, the right-wing is seeking to fragment the political landscape. Aliança Catalana has announced that Eduard Rel, formerly the deputy first secretary of the local PSC executive in Tortosa, will lead their candidacy, a development that could particularly affect Junts' aspirations. Furthermore, the Partido Popular has renewed its Local Board in Tortosa, headed by Joan Arias, aiming to regain a presence in Terres de l'Ebre and potentially rally support from those who favor maintaining the monument to the Battle of the Ebro.

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