The National Council of Convergents, meeting this Saturday in Castellolí (Barcelona), has decided to run in the general elections as long as it manages to collect the required signatures in the territories determined by its Permanent Secretariat within the next 10 days.
This resolution is adopted after it was made public this Friday that Junts per Catalunya and the party had not reached an agreement to run jointly in the state elections, as Convergents has stated in a statement.
As a result of this disagreement ahead of the 29N, the party has declared the national agreement it maintained with Junts for the municipal elections of 2027 to be terminated, which contemplated joint candidacies in around sixty municipalities.
Despite this, the party has clarified that this break "does not prevent local teams of Convergents from reaching agreements with Junts where they deem appropriate".
"Failed" conversations between Convergents and Junts
The negotiations between the president of Convergents, Germà Gordó, and the general secretary of Junts, Jordi Turull, were declared "definitely failed" this Friday, which leaves a very limited margin to meet the legal requirements.
From the party, they acknowledge that having so few days "complicates the presentation of candidacies," although they insist on their intention to be at the polls and assure that they will have no issues completing the lists.
Convergents' program for the municipal elections
In the same meeting, the leadership body of the party has given the green light to the electoral program for the municipal elections next year, developed by the head of Municipal Politics, which will serve as a basis for local proposals throughout the territory.
Gordó has claimed the ideological positioning of the party, emphasizing that they are positioned in the "center of Catalanism, defending a country that is orderly, prosperous, and well-governed," and has also stressed that they consider themselves the continuators of the former Convergència.