The PSC municipal group in Mataró has withdrawn its support for an institutional declaration that called for Catalonia's right to self-determination, describing its original vote as an error. The reversal means the declaration is no longer approved as a position of Mataró City Council, although it does not alter the day-to-day services or powers of the council.

Xesco Gomar, the PSC spokesperson at Mataró City Council, told tvmataró that the party had corrected the vote less than 24 hours after the Board of Spokespersons approved the ERC proposal. The Board of Spokespersons is a council body in which votes are weighted to reflect each party's representation in the full chamber.

“Our position has not changed and will not change: we were not, are not, and will not agree with self-determination because we already know what the policies of the procés have brought to Catalonia.”

Gomar was referring to the procés, the Catalan independence process that culminated in the 2017 referendum and unilateral declaration of independence.

ERC text combined amnesty request with self-determination

ERC's declaration called for the full and immediate application of Spain's amnesty law and included a paragraph stating that resolving the political conflict between Catalonia and the Spanish state required recognition of the right to self-determination.

The text said such recognition would allow Catalans' “popular sovereignty” to choose their political future democratically. It also asked the courts to apply the amnesty without further delay and expressed support for people still awaiting the measure.

According to the accounts of the vote published before the PSC's correction, the proposal had support from:

  • 11 PSC councillors
  • four ERC councillors
  • two councillors from Comuns
  • one CUP councillor

That total of 18 councillors exceeded the majority threshold in Mataró's 27-seat council. PP and Vox voted against, while reports said Junts did not take part in the vote.

Minority governing parties lose agreement on declaration

The PSC and Comuns govern Mataró in minority under Mayor David Bote. Their original backing had allowed the ERC text to pass through the Board of Spokespersons, but the PSC's withdrawal removes that support and the declaration has fallen.

For Mataró residents, the immediate consequence is that the council will not maintain the declaration as an institutional position on self-determination and the amnesty request. The first municipal plenary of the 2026–27 political year was scheduled for Wednesday 3 September, with the Can Fàbregas agreement involving El Corte Inglés among the listed matters.

Primary sources: mataro.cat. Reported by naciodigital.cat, t.co, vozpopuli.com, capgros.elnacional.cat, elnacional.cat, mataro.cup.cat, catalannews.com.

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