12-M: Quick guide to the early elections to the Parliament of Catalonia

The still president of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Pere Aragonès, called on March 13 for early elections in that Spanish region after failing to obtain the necessary support in the Chamber to carry out the budget plan for the current year. On Sunday, May 12, 5.75 million Catalans are called to elect their new leader. The polls predict a victory without a majority for the Catalan Socialist Party, led by Salvador Illa, who was Pedro Sánchez’s Minister of Health at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. Governance could also be compromised for the pro-independence parties led by former president Carles Puigdemont, who is currently not in the territory.

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