The Minister of Culture and candidate for the Broad Front to Congress for Barcelona, Ernest Urtasun, has called this Tuesday to participate in the general strike for housing and to transfer that mobilization to the polls next November 29. From Córdoba, he has asked to "fill and win the streets" during tomorrow's protest day to then "win at the polls".
Urtasun appeared alongside the coalition's candidate for Córdoba, Sebastián Pérez, on the eve of a strike called by unions and housing organizations. The minister has defended that it will be "a day of dignity" and of vindication of access to housing, a right enshrined in article 47 of the Constitution that, in his opinion, is still not guaranteed as it should be.
The intervention links social protest with the strategy that the Broad Front wants to take to the campaign. Ada Colau's candidacy has made housing its main banner and seeks to mobilize a progressive electorate whose participation will be decisive for the distribution of seats and the possibility of reissuing a left-wing majority.
Urtasun links the strike with the vote on housing decrees
The minister has also focused attention on Thursday, November 12, when the Permanent Deputation of Congress will vote on the two housing decrees approved by the Government. Urtasun has defended measures such as the moratorium on certain evictions, the extension of rental contracts and restrictions on the purchase of homes by large investors.
The result of that vote is still pending. The broadest decree has the announced support of the PNV, which would allow its validation along with the forces that support the Executive. The second, related to the extension of contracts and compensation to tenants when the owner wants to recover them, faces greater difficulties because the Basque nationalists have announced their vote against.
The appointment comes after the opposition of PP, far-right Vox and Junts overturned the previous housing proposals in Congress. The Government re-approved the texts with changes after the early elections and the Permanent Deputation, the body that maintains its activity with the dissolved Cortes, will be in charge of deciding on them.
The Broad Front vindicates its social measures before 29N
Urtasun has asked for voters' support for the Broad Front, arguing that his political space has been "the social engine of the Government". As an example, he cited the royal decree-law approved this Tuesday at the proposal of the Minister of Social Rights, Pablo Bustinduy, to extend protection for single-parent families and other households with childcare support needs.
The norm creates a state title for families with a single parent and equates the benefits of large families to single-parent families with two children. According to government calculations, the set of measures could benefit more than 760,000 families and will amount to around 824 million euros per year. Urtasun has also championed the labor reform and minimum wage increases. Labor has proposed raising it by 5.3% in 2027, to 1,286 gross euros per month in 14 payments, a proposal that is still pending approval.
The visit to Córdoba also serves to support Sebastián Pérez in a province that elects six deputies and where the Broad Front aims to retain representation. After this trip, Urtasun will take the lead in the Catalan campaign while Colau travels the rest of the country. Comuns-Front Ampli sets itself the goal of revalidating the seven seats obtained in Catalonia by the Sumar-En Comú Podem candidacy in 2023.
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