He is 41 years old, was born (and lives) in Pineda de Mar, graduated in Law (plus a master’s degree in Economic History), is Janina’s husband and Claudia’s father (5).
What do you know about your grandparents?
How good my grandmother María Teresa’s kitchen smelled!
Your father, what did he do?
Textile industrial engineer, and moved on to hospitality companies.
And his mother?
She was a telephone operator, cable girl.
What have they left you?
Work well and be responsible.
What phrase did you repeat the most?
“Clean your room”.
Posters in your adolescence?
Goat soup, Lax’n’busto… And independence groups.
What did you want to be when you grew up?
Historian… but out of pragmatism I graduated in Law.
And the political commitment?
He went to the Escolta group, a theater group, cultural center and with 15 years in ERC youth.
Did you have heroes from your youth?
Francesc Macià: he went to the library to read about his life.
Did you have any memorable summers?
By bike going to the beach.
How did you win the first fight?
When I was 12, my father made me organize invoices in his office. In exchange for my pay, effort.
Do you live in an apartment, a chalet…?
In the family house in Pineda, with my wife and daughter: we share a garden with my parents.
Animal companion?
I had Neula, a mixed dog. She died. My daughter, when she draws the family, still includes Neula.
When you wake up, what moves you?
The family. And serve my country: I have the honor of being president of my country, the greatest honor!
Do you have breakfast?
Yogurt, skimmed cheese, ham and fruit: now there are strawberries.
He comes home: what does he do?
I kiss my daughter. I tell him: “pick up the toys.” And I cook.
What plate do you embroider?
Noodle casserole. Grilled chicken.
What time do you go to sleep?
Before midnight.
If you go out at night, what do you drink?
A whiskey with ice. More before: today I prolong the dinner wine.
Define yourself as a couple.
Constant.
What crazy thing did he do for love?
I carry the bags when we go shopping for clothes together!
What do you give your wife?
Roses… and a getaway together.
And what does she give you?
A surprise dinner. These everyday gifts are the best.
Do you have a genius? He gets angry?
I’m very patient. But if I get angry… I get angry!
What upsets you the most?
Hypocrisy, in politics. And the mistreatment of the most vulnerable.
Have you hated something or someone?
No, hating makes you sick.
For some ideas, would you kill?
An idea does not deserve a death. The media does matter.
Where do you send your daughter to school?
Concerted school in Calella.
How much do you earn per year?
Just over 130,000 euros.
How many hours per week do you pay for domestic service?
Twelve hours in three days.
Do you have a second residence?
No.
What possession do you value most?
My library: history, Pópper, Zweig, Mariana Mazzucato: read her The Entrepreneurial State, inspiring economic policy ideas. And I really liked La Vila Perduda, by Max Gross,
With three million euros…
It would cover mortgage and outstanding loans, we would take a trip…
How is your health?
Good. I’ve never broken anything.
Vital will?
I have it pending. I will not leave problems for those who remain.
Euthanasia?
A right to choose your worthy ending. I hope I don’t have to use it.
After death, what?
There is nothing. I wish there was something! I am a friend of the priest who baptized me… but I am an atheist.
Extraterrestrial intelligence?
Maybe, and probably different from that of Earth. One night I saw little lights in a row: UFOs? No! Elon Musk’s satellites.
Being an atheist, you won’t pray, right?
But I reflect.
And do you meditate?
No. I relax out of exhaustion.
Have you thought about his funeral?
They will cremate me and that’s it.
Choose a music.
We have everything, by Joan Dausà, canto a vida, Fat Geese…
What do you dedicate your leisure to?
I cook. My daughter helps me. I eat the grated cheese… Oh, and we also read El Tatano together. And we watch musicals: The Little Prince, The Little Mermaid… Frozen!
And if it is in Spanish, what?
No drama. I listened to Víctor Jara, Ismael Serrano, Serrat…: The Mediterranean is beautiful!
The trip of your life?
As a couple we went to Formentera. Unforgettable! I would like to travel to Chile, Argentina, Uruguay…
Let’s go to the cinema…
The Godfather ! A work of art.
Do you exercise?
Very little. I don’t see the moment.
Have you tried drugs?
Some puff years ago.
In front of the mirror: what changes?
I’m short, but without a complex.
Let’s add ten centimeters.
I’m not well. I have always seen everything from this perspective… and I see everything very well!
What do you like most about your physique?
In my eyes, according to my wife, she sees me as the most handsome in the world.
Has any man liked you?
No one has thrown things at me… that I’m aware of.
Any homoerotic stuff?
No. If it had happened, I would tell him without a problem… even if it didn’t seem relevant to me.
Do you have a motto?
Yes, I really like a phrase by Joan Fuster: “my contradictions are my hopes.”
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One has his ideals, values…, that contradict reality. And managing those contradictions… is what is valuable!
On paper everything is easy…
Being pure is very easy, but it is very sterile, politically… That’s why I expect many contradictions to appear: that means I’m doing things.
If you had not been born Catalan, where would you have chosen to be born?
I do not care. I am an independentist, but I am not a nationalist: no nation is better than the others. I would be passionate about the language, the culture, the values ??of the place where I was born…
In Albacete, for example.
Nice place. But there I would not need to be an independentist: I would already have my protective State.
And being born in another time…?
I choose Barcelona at the beginning of the 20th century, with its industrialization, its social changes… It was novelized by Eduardo Mendoza.
And 1714 and save Catalonia?
Catalonia is not saved by one person, it is a collective project.
