Alberto Núñez Feijóo confirmed the leader of the Catalan PP as a candidate for the Catalan elections. Fernández openly criticized the national leadership of the PP for contacts with Junts after the general elections of July 23.

According to the latest barometer from the Center for Opinion Studies of the Generalitat (CEO), the Popular Party could rise from three to 13 seats as the fourth force in the 12-M polls, with Ciudadanos already out of the political board.