Following the official dissolution of the PDECat in October 2023, the 198 councilors who won seats in the local elections held in May of that year remain active in Catalan town halls. These heirs of the former Convergència are maneuvering to survive the demise of their party and are refusing to integrate into Junts, the political formation led by Carles Puigdemont.
The municipal platform Ara Pacte Local, which the PDECat used for the last local elections, also includes other regional parties and managed to govern in municipalities such as Mollerussa, the capital of Pla d'Urgell. The mayor of Mollerussa, Marc Solsona, is a key promoter ensuring the organization remains active, agreeing at a congress in Vilobí d'Onyar to fight the battle in 2027.
Although the intention is to run independently in successful localities (such as Manresa, Vic, or Mollerussa itself), most candidates in the Barcelona metropolitan area are seeking integration into lists with better electoral prospects. The leadership of Ara Pacte Local has granted "freedom" to each municipal section to choose, and many are being courted by the socialists, mirroring the alliance established by Units per Avançar in 2017.
Sources from the platform state that, pending a formal meeting with the PSC leadership, 'approximately half of the candidacies will be in coalition,' which accounts for about 75 of the 150 planned.
This alliance is being facilitated by key figures such as David Bonvehí, the last president of the PDECat, who joined the socialist-led Government in 2024 as Director General of Social Economy. For many ex-Convergència members, the PSC embodies the pragmatism and understanding with the State that the moderate Catalan nationalist right had lost, allowing Salvador Illa's party to weaken its main competitor, Junts.
