Junts met on Friday afternoon at Casa Irla in Sant Feliu de Guíxols with party officials and attendees at the event in a debate on demography, housing, immigration, social cohesion, and territorial balance. The meeting was attended by Parliament member Salvador Vergés and councilor and municipal spokesperson Toni Carrión.
The meeting focused on a tension that runs through the party's discourse in the municipality. While demographic growth and social changes put pressure on housing and public services, Junts argued that this increase must be accommodated without breaking territorial balance or local cohesion.
Vergés called for demographic and territorial planning to protect housing and cohesion
During his speech, Salvador Vergés maintained that Catalonia needs "serious" demographic and territorial planning. The deputy linked this tool with three specific objectives: guaranteeing access to housing, preserving social cohesion, and avoiding imbalances that, in his opinion, deteriorate the quality of life in municipalities.
"Catalonia needs serious demographic and territorial planning" - Salvador Vergés, deputy in the Parliament
Vergés also added that the country must regain tools and decision-making capacity to manage its own challenges. His intervention connected the local debate in Sant Feliu de Guíxols with a broader discussion on how to manage growth and respond to its effects on the territory.
Carrión placed the pressure on housing and services at the center of the local debate
Toni Carrión focused his part of the session on the impact that demographic and social changes have on the municipality's housing and public services. The councilor and municipal spokesperson thus transferred the general debate to the daily reality of Sant Feliu de Guíxols.
"A balanced, sustainable growth model compatible with the municipality's identity and cohesion" - Toni Carrión, councilor and municipal spokesperson for Junts
The Junts representative defended this growth framework to accommodate the municipality's evolution without losing its local identity. The session jointly addressed the relationship between population, access to housing, provision of services, and territorial balance.
The event concluded with an open forum for the public at Casa Irla in Sant Feliu de Guíxols, following the interventions of Salvador Vergés and Toni Carrión.