Tension was evident during the plenary session of the EMD of Bellaterra last Monday, December 15, marked by banners and whistles. The Bellaterra Endavant government rejected, with its five votes, the opposition's motion (Gent per Bellaterra and ERC) requesting the creation of a specific commission to draft the annexation report to Sant Cugat del Vallès.
“"The segregation request is based both on the physical distance between Bellaterra and the urban center of Cerdanyola and on an economic and social distance."
Opposition groups, including councilors Guillem Nadal, Carles Triginer, Laura Batalla, and the non-attached councilor Maria Jesús Cornellana, expressed distrust regarding the content of the report being finalized by the president, fearing it may not be forceful enough in favor of segregation. The president committed to submitting the document for a vote in the plenary session on December 29, despite having the authority to sign it without endorsement.
The key deadline for submitting the technical reports to the Generalitat de Catalunya is January 7, 2026. The Cerdanyola City Council, historically opposed to the process, plans to approve an institutional declaration on December 18, while the Sant Cugat City Council, which has not yet publicly commented, is finalizing its document.
This territorial demand dates back to 2019, when 61% of the population of Bellaterra signed in favor of annexation to Sant Cugat. The process received a legal boost in June 2024, when the Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) dismissed an appeal by the Cerdanyola City Council, forcing the opening of the municipal alteration file.
