Elections · Barcelona
Alejandro Fernández re-elected PP Catalonia leader, as Feijóo looks to make region key to ousting Sánchez
Alejandro Fernández secured 97.51% of votes at the XVI PP congress in Barcelona, with Alberto Núñez Feijóo backing him to transform the party into an alternative to nationalism and socialism and make Catalonia the lever to remove Pedro Sánchez from office.
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Alejandro Fernández won 97.51% of delegate votes, strengthening his eight‑year‑long presidency of the Catalan PP.
The congress ended years of tensions between the Catalan branch and the national leadership, with Feijóo publicly praising Fernández and both men appearing side by side.
Feijóo said obtaining twelve seats in Catalonia at the next general election would guarantee a change of government and remove Pedro Sánchez from office.
Fernández picked Juan Fernández as secretary general and Lorena Roldán as parliamentary spokeswoman, consolidating his new team.
The congress ideological platform frames the party as the only force capable of reversing the “decadence” of nationalist and socialist rule in Catalonia.
- 1 OctElected president of the Catalan PP in primaries, succeeding Xavier García Albiol.
- 12 MayLeads the PP to 15 seats in the Catalan Parliament (up from 3) and 6 seats in Congress (up from 2).
- 27 JunRe-elected with 97.51% of votes; Juan Fernández named secretary general.
Unity after years of discord
The XVI Congress sealed the reconciliation between the Catalan PP and the national leadership after eight years without a regional gathering. Alberto Núñez Feijóo acknowledged that the party had survived moments when it risked losing all parliamentary representation, crediting Fernández with the recovery from three to fifteen seats in the Catalan Parliament. The re-elected leader offered a gesture of internal peace, asking for all past wounds to be closed.
“If any wound remained open, they are closed; if I offended anyone, here are my apologies; and if anyone offended me, I swear I do not remember.”
A new leadership team
Fernández appointed Juan Fernández (until now party spokesperson in the Parliament) as the new secretary general and named Lorena Roldán parliamentary spokeswoman. The ideological platform approved at the congress positions the PP as the champion of liberty, order and prosperity, explicitly targeting what its leaders call the “decadence” brought by socialist and nationalist governments.
Targeting La Moncloa via Catalonia
Feijóo set a concrete electoral target: twelve MPs from Catalonia in the next general election, arguing that with that number a change of government is guaranteed. He appealed directly to centre and centre‑right voters who feel orphaned by the current political landscape, insisting that any nationwide transformation must be built “neither without Catalonia, nor against Catalonia.”
“I want you to be the key that removes Pedro Sánchez from La Moncloa.”
Opposition to nationalism and socialism
Both leaders painted the PP as the only alternative to what they described as a long crisis of leadership. They pointed to insecurity, high taxes, housing shortages and the social division caused by the ‘procés’ as evidence that the existing parties have failed Catalonia. Feijóo stressed that his commitment to the region is not based on blackmail but on conviction and an understanding of Catalans’ needs.
A delicate balance on Junts
Despite the outward unity, a nuance persists. Fernández maintains an uncompromising position against any pact with Junts, remarking that there is no reason to even “go around the corner” with the party. While the national leadership still keeps some parliamentary engagement with Junts in play, the congress showed that for now the public line is aligned around ruling out shortcuts.
- Parlament before 2024
- 3 seats
- Parlament after 2024
- 15 seats
- Congress before 2024
- 2 seats
- Congress after 2024
- 6 seats
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- europa pressMañueco felicita a Fernández por su reelección al frente del PP...
- La RazónAlejandro Fernández consolida su liderazgo en un congreso que sella la paz entre el PP catalán y Feijóo
- La RazónFeijóo encumbra a Alejandro Fernández al frente del PP catalán, pero no cierra del todo la puerta a Junts
- LaVanguardiaFeijóo pide que Catalunya sea la llave que saque a Sánchez de la Moncloa
- Alejandro Fernández
- President of the Catalan PP, re-elected at the XVI Congress with 97.51% of the vote.
- Alberto Núñez Feijóo
- National president of the Partido Popular, who attended the congress and endorsed Fernández.
- Juan Fernández
- Newly appointed secretary general of the Catalan PP, previously party spokesperson in the Parliament.
- Lorena Roldán
- Named parliamentary spokeswoman of the Catalan PP at the congress.
- Miguel Tellado
- Secretary general of the national PP, present alongside Feijóo and Fernández at the congress.
- Pedro Sánchez
- Spanish Prime Minister, whose removal was the central electoral objective set by Feijóo and Fernández.
- Salvador Illa
- President of the Generalitat of Catalonia and leader of the PSC, criticized by Fernández for Catalonia’s current situation.
- Places
- Barcelona
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