Inés Arrimadas,the centre-correct Ciutadans candidate in the regional elections, says: ‘Those who have got us into this mess aren’t the ones to accumulate us out of it’When Emmanuel Macron won the French elections, or Inés Arrimadas was quick to applaud the victory of a “liberal,centrist and pro-European” candidate. whether the polls are anything to go by, Arrimadas, and the Ciutadans (Citizens) candidate for regional president in next month’s Catalan elections,may emerge as the leader of a Macron-style government in Catalonia.
Much of the rise of Ciutadans in Catalonia can be credited to Arrimadas, who at 36 is the youngest and also the only female candidate to choose power in elections called after Madrid sacked the previous administration and imposed direct rule following its declaration of independence. Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk