The Catalan People's Party (PP) intends to be decisive in governing Spain.

The Catalan People's Party (PP) begins the political year with its sights set on the Parliament, but also, and with particular emphasis, on the future scenario of general elections. Yesterday, the parliamentary group addressed the strategy to consolidate its own political space and electoral growth, which would provide "more than enough" to bring about political change in Spain. The party's president, Alejandro Fernández, thus emphasized the commitment to the Catalan People's Party (PP) to be "decisive" in Alberto Núñez Feijóo's arrival in the Moncloa.

The parliamentary group held its first meeting, attended by the Deputy Secretary for Territorial Organization, Elías Bendodo, to outline both the action on the Spanish stage and the "consolidation" of the alternative in Catalonia, which go hand in hand. Alejandro Fernández was clear about the challenge his party faces in contributing to change in Spain. "This is not a minor issue," he emphasized, "because no one can ignore the fact that in some previous general elections, the results in Catalonia were poor, and they had prevented that political change."

Alejandro Fernández believes that the space can be expanded from the liberal center-right

Given the party's performance over the past two years, the PP leader indicated that polls indicate the contribution will be more than sufficient to achieve this change, but warned that the polls are snapshots and it is necessary to consolidate the political space. It is in the Catalan constituencies, with room for growth and where the PSC achieved excellent results, that the PP has a significant stake in its chances of governing.

The Catalan Popular Party (PP) is thus shouldering the responsibility of comfortably overcoming the six seats they fell short of in 2023—the PSC (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) won 19. This strategy is coordinated with the national leadership in Madrid. Bendodo already opened his press conference yesterday by criticizing President Salvador Illa, comparing him to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. The meeting he held with Carles Puigdemont last week in Brussels gave rise to the idea of ​​presenting him as the shadow interlocutor with the independence movement. In this context, Alejandro Fernández considered the meeting to represent an "opaque negotiation and a lack of respect for the Parliament."

The president of the Catalan People's Party (PP) emphasized above all that consolidating the project depends on defending a liberal and pro-European center-right space, distancing itself from national populism "on either side," alluding to both the left, the independence movement, and Vox. He also emphasized presenting an alternative in Parliament on fundamental issues, such as education, fiscal policy, housing, and immigration. On this last issue, he distanced himself from both the PSC and Vox: "Neither papers for everyone, nor everyone expelled," he said.

On the eve of the Diada, a complex commemoration for the PP after the years of the independence process , the PP will not attend either the Government event or the one in the Parliament (which they did attend last year). The raising of the large Senyera (Spanish flag) organized by President Josep Rull is considered an appropriation of the Catalan flag. The PP will hold its own commemoration of the 11th of September on Thursday.