There are two ways of approaching an apparently impossible solution in politics. The first is the way Xavier Trias did in the 2015 local elections, and Inés Arrimadas in the 2017 Catalan elections: without putting up a fight and considering the battle as lost from the very beginning. The other is doing what PSC’s members Pasqual Maragall (2003), José Montilla (2006) or Salvador Illa (2023) did after elections, looking to become Catalan president.
The first two achieved their goal and reached the highest position in Catalonia, while the third did not, as Esquerra Republicana’s (ERC), Junts’ and CUP’s MPs invested Père Aragonès. As is always the case with the glass half empty or half full, only those who engage in a seemingly impossible battle have any chance of reaching the top.
