The non-appointment of Mónica Oltra as Compromís’s candidate for the Mayor of València is generating tension within the coalition. The fact that a first major pre-campaign event has been organized without her further fuels doubts. Compromís will hold events on May 22 and 23 in 19 towns of the Valencian Community to kick off the 2027 municipal campaign. In the València event, which will be held on Saturday at the Malva-Rosa promenade, the presence of the virtual candidate for Mayor is not planned, as this newspaper reported yesterday.

La diputada Glòria Freixa, secretaria primera de la Mesa del Parlament, is considering joining the Junts primaries to lead the Barcelona list for next year’s municipal elections. In the coming days, she will make a decision and could be the fourth contender if the other three who have publicly expressed their willingness to participate in the process at some point are confirmed.

About a hundred teachers and educational community staff blocked the N-240 in both directions in Tarragona on Thursday morning, at the height of the Sant Pere i Sant Pau neighborhood, as part of the teachers’ strike in Catalonia. The teachers also block vehicle access to the roundabout leading to the N-240 and the Sant Pere i Sant Pau neighborhood from the A-7 highway, where the Sescelades campus of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) is located.