Xavier Trias Proposes Grand Coalition Between Junts and PSC to Govern Catalonia

The former mayor of Barcelona advocates for 'sociovergència' as a stable and programmatically sound governing formula for the country.

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Former Barcelona mayor, Xavier Trias, has expressed his preference for a grand coalition between Junts per Catalunya and the PSC to govern the country, reviving the idea of 'sociovergència'.

Trias made these statements during a conversation on La 2Cat's Cafè d’idees program, where he emphasized that, despite considering the PSC as Junts per Catalunya's electoral adversary, a union of forces could lead to a stable government.
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"I am one of those who believe that in this country, something that would be good is for Junts to govern with the PSC one day."

Xavier Trias · Former Mayor of Barcelona
According to Trias, this alliance would
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"make a lot of sense from the point of view of electoral programs."

Xavier Trias · Former Mayor of Barcelona
Furthermore, the former mayor advocated for reformulating Junts' relationship with Aliança Catalana, suggesting that
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"You have to sit down"

Xavier Trias · Former Mayor of Barcelona
and rejecting the idea of a cordon sanitaire against the party led by Ripoll's mayor, Sílvia Orriols. He added that he does not perceive her as Junts per Catalunya's main political rival, warning that
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"If we believe that, we will be mistaken."

Xavier Trias · Former Mayor of Barcelona