The covid pandemic particularly affected l’Hospitalet de Llobregat, which has some of the most densely populated neighborhoods in Europe where many residents live in very small apartments. The subsequent economic crisis also mercilessly hit the second city of Catalonia, with neighborhoods in which poverty is present. And as if that were not enough, an alleged case of corruption broke out in the ranks of her party, although she emerged unscathed and without charges. After her most complex mandate, Núria Marín (PSC) overcame everything and this Saturday she was once again promoted to mayor for the fifth time.
Affectionate even in solemn moments, already with the mayoress cane in her hands, Marín distributed kisses among her relatives and also showed her affection to the Minister of Culture, Miquel Iceta, present in the plenary room.
Subsequently, the native of the Torrassa neighborhood wanted to begin her speech by recalling the recovery of democracy after Francoism. She recalled that more than four decades ago the residents decided that l’Hospitalet would be a “progressive and left-wing” city. Since then, the PSC has always held the mayoralty.
However, in this term he will do so without an absolute majority and will need support from the rest of the political formations. In this sense, Marín recalled the city pact between parties, social agents and associations that helped to overcome the covid in l’Hospitalet. “I want the spirit of dialogue and sum that inspired the city pact to continue in this mandate, key to the total reactivation,” he proclaimed. “Our city has always been a model of dialogue and coexistence,” added Marín.
The mayoress of l’Hospitalet de Llobregat assured that the next four years will be those of “a collective ambition that should lead us towards a more territorially balanced, greener, more social, more equipped and safer city”.
He also referred to some of the pending challenges of the city. “We are going to see how our great historical claim becomes a reality: the burying of the train tracks,” Marín envisioned. “I want to reach out to the political groups, the social agents and the general public to talk, debate, agree and make the best project for the city”, he added, thinking about what to do with the space gained from the railway.
He listed, among other issues, the creation of the biomedical cluster, another stranded project. Also to the fight against the climate emergency and to the cohesion of the neighborhoods.
