It's official! Altre Tripartit

It was confirmed this evening that the next government in Catalonia will be another 'Tripartit', the three-party left-wing coalition which governed until elections were called several months ago.

Described in a press conference by ERC leader, Josep Lluis Carod Rovira, as 'a new opportunity' to establish stable, socially cohesive politics in Catalonia, the agreement between the Catalan Socialists (PSC), Republican Left (ERC) and Green Initiative (ICV) brings to a close several days of tough negotiations, newspaper editorials and blog debates.

What's more: it's the coalition I'd been hoping for. General governance in Catalonia was excellent under the Tripartit: to a great degree, all the coalition's problems and mishaps were related to peripheral concerns.

Now, let's get the housing crisis sorted out.

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November 6, 2006 | Catalonia, Politics, Spain 

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One Response to “It's official! Altre Tripartit”

  1. Graeme on November 6th, 2006 4:21 pm

    From a distance it didn't seem that the previous version of the tripartit achieved very much at all – maybe they did but it was all obscured by the noise about the Estatuto. Lets hope that this time round things are a bit clearer – because it's a weaker coalition in terms of seats in the parliament.

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