The party consummates its strategy of raising the secessionist claim with the appointment of the Minister of Climate Action, Teresa Jordà, as 'number two' of Rufián. The appointment of Jordà is a gesture to the most pro-independence wing of the party, which attributes to the scarce presence of that discourse the poor results obtained in the municipal elections in May.

"We entrust them with the defense of Catalonia and the cause of independence," said the president of ERC, Oriol Junqueras.