Barcelona (EFE)
In his intervention in the cycle of press conferences organized by EFE on the occasion of the campaign for the municipal elections on May 28, Grau has claimed the “zero kilometer” of Ciudadanos, its “foundational” moment, when in 2006, the newly created the party, ran for the first time in Parliamentary elections with Rivera as the head of the list and won three seats against the odds.
Already in his electoral poster, in which he appears with part of his naked torso, Grau wanted to wink at CS’s first campaign, in which a young Albert Rivera appeared naked on the posters.
Although Rivera ended up leaving politics and moving away from CS after his frustrated attempt to reach Moncloa in 2019, Grau has opened the doors for him and has had words of appreciation for him: “He knows that this is his home. He is always welcome at any Ciudadanos act.”
According to Grau, “without Albert Rivera, Catalonia would still be in the caves” and “would continue with the dinosaurs of a lifetime: CiU and PSC”.
Rivera, “one of CS’s assets” in Grau’s opinion, “dared to do things differently” in Catalan politics and it was thanks to him that the candidate and journalist decided to make the leap into politics.
“We thank you for igniting the fuse”, said Grau, who has placed her party in “progressive liberalism” and has been convinced that Catalonia has only seen “30% of the transformative potential of CS”, since that “it is not easy to evict all these inertias” from Catalan politics.
May 13, 2023
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The CS candidate in Barcelona: “Without Albert Rivera, Catalonia would still be in the caves”
by EFE
Barcelona (EFE)In his intervention in the cycle of press conferences organized by EFE on the occasion of the campaign for the municipal elections on May 28, Grau has claimed the “zero kilometer” of Ciudadanos, its “foundational” moment, when in 2006, the newly created the party, ran for the first time in Parliamentary elections with Rivera... Read More