The approval of the amnesty gives the starting signal to the Catalan pre-campaign. The independentists insist on putting the referendum back on the agenda, but Aragonès becomes more institutional in his speech.
The May 12 elections will be the fifth in a row that are held early in a community where no government seems to be able to last more than three years. Carles Puigdemont has allowed himself to be loved by his party, but he has not clarified whether he will run in the regional elections.