Barcelona is the focus as Junts per Catalunya has opened its internal primary process to choose its candidate for the 2027 municipal elections. Party members in the city have three days to say they want to stand, by emailing the Municipal Territorial Commission (CMT). After that, and once the CMT confirms receipt, candidates will move to the endorsement stage.
Under Junts' statutes, each aspirant must win endorsements from at least 20% of Barcelona party members to reach the primary vote. One member may endorse more than one candidacy. If the CMT validates the endorsements, the party will then open an internal campaign period so candidates can present their proposals to members.
The key date is the weekend of 20 and 21 June, when the CMT will call the primary vote. Over those two days, Junts members in Barcelona will choose their preferred head of list for the 2027 municipal elections. If there are no last-minute changes, the party expects to announce the winner and official candidate on the evening of Sunday, 21 June.
Three people have already confirmed they will run. Jordi Martí Galbis, the current president of the Junts Municipal Group in Barcelona City Council, was the first to say he wanted to be the party's mayoral candidate in 2027. Former mayor Xavier Trias, who governed with Martí and remains a friend, has backed him on several occasions, although the party leadership has not publicly done so.
Glòria Freixa, a member of the Catalan Parliament, is also standing. She sits on Junts' national executive and is responsible for the party's housing policy. Freixa founded the Junts per Catalunya branch in the Sarrià-Sant Gervasi district.
Pilar Calvo was the latest to confirm her participation. She is a member of the Congress of Deputies in Madrid and the group's deputy spokesperson. Calvo may have an advantage in name recognition because of her previous work as a well-known figure in Catalan sports journalism. Other names have also been mentioned, including councillor, vice-president and Junts spokesperson Josep Rius, who later ruled himself out, and lawyer Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas, who has not yet said whether he will stand.
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