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Nogueras casts Junts as Catalonia's own voice

Miriam Nogueras said in Sant Celoni that Junts is the only party of strictly Catalan obedience, criticized the ERC alliance with Podemos and defended her…

--- The context --- The pre-campaign for the general election has opened a contest in Catalonia over who best represents Catalan interests. In that contest, each party is trying to set itself apart before voters decide how strong each voice will be in Congress. --- The facts --- Miriam Nogueras, the Junts candidate for Congress in Barcelona and the party's spokesperson in the chamber during the previous legislature, said this Sunday in Sant Celoni, in the province of Barcelona, that her party is the only party of strictly Catalan obedience standing in this election. She spoke to reporters during a walk against cancer in which she took part. Nogueras also argued that, during the previous legislature, Junts placed Catalonia at the center of practically every decision taken in Madrid. In her account, the stronger her party is and the louder Catalonia's voice becomes, the more Catalonia advances, and she expressed hope that from November 29 that voice will be even stronger. --- The positions --- Asked about the joint pre-campaign event held this Sunday in Barcelona by the ERC lead candidate for the general election, Gabriel Rufián, and the Podemos candidate, Irene Montero, Nogueras said that for some parties the priority ends up being to obey Spanish parties, ally with them and let themselves be dragged along by polarization and by the extremes. Along the same lines, she stated that ERC has formed a coalition with a Spanish left-wing party and is therefore obedient to Spain. Against that model of alliances, Junts presents itself as an option that does not subordinate its decisions to statewide parties. --- What remains unknown --- The remarks also addressed cancer policy. Nogueras noted that the Spanish government is among the European Union governments that most delay access to certain medicines that are already authorized, and she claimed that Junts secured much shorter access times for some treatments, such as those for metastatic breast cancer. Whether that pressure will deliver faster access to every medicine is not yet known. --- Unanswered questions --- Will Junts keep its ability in Congress to shape the decisions that affect Catalonia? Will the alliance showcased by ERC and Podemos weigh on Catalan voters against the message of strictly Catalan obedience? Will parliamentary pressure make every authorized medicine accessible without the current delays? --- EPM analysis --- The message organizes the campaign around a single idea, the autonomy of Catalan decision-making, and ties it to a tangible issue such as access to treatments. That combination aims to keep the debate about representation from remaining symbolic, measuring it instead by concrete results for patients and for Catalonia's weight in Madrid. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, Nogueras's claim turns independence of judgment into the core of the Junts offer and shifts the burden of proof onto its Catalan rivals, who will have to explain what their voters gain from each statewide alliance. The contrast may prove effective if citizens see verifiable results, such as faster access to treatments, but it will lose force if the legislature does not confirm the capacity for pressure promised today.
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