The general elections of November 29 will be decisive for the Catalan independence movement, according to ABC España. The vote, the outlet says, will test Junts and ERC on two fronts: their continued ability to win over Catalan voters and their remaining influence over the Spanish state government.
ABC describes the outgoing legislature as one of separatist cooperation aimed at keeping Pedro Sánchez in power. That arrangement ended last week, the outlet reports, when Carles Puigdemont chose to let him fall after earlier threats, citing housing decrees as the pretext.
Barring a surprise or a fresh reversal by the neo-convergent camp behind Junts, ABC expects the state government to switch sides. The outlet traces the pattern back to the June 2018 censure motion that, in its words, let Sánchez reach power "by the back door."
ABC does not say whether the two main pro-independence parties will recover the pivotal position they held in Congress.