He is 41 years old, was born (and lives) in Pineda de Mar, graduated in Law (plus a Master’s in Economic History), is Janina’s husband and Clàudia’s father (5).
What do you know about grandparents?
My grandmother Maria Teresa’s kitchen smelled so good!
What did his father do?
Textile industrial engineer, and moved on to hospitality companies.
And at sea?
Telephone operator, “cable girl.”
What did your parents bequeath to you?
Work well and be responsible.
Which sentence was repeated the most?
“Tidy up your room”.
Teenage posters?
From Sopa de Cabra, Lax’n’busto… And pro-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?
I went to the Escolta group, a theater group, cultural center, and at the age of 15 I entered the ERC youth group.
Did you have childhood heroes?
Francesc Macià: he went to the library to read about his life.
Did you have memorable summers?
By bike going to the beach.
How did the first peel?
At the age of 12, my father made me sort invoices in the office. In exchange for my pay, effort.
Do you live in an apartment, a villa…?
In the family house in Pineda, with the wife and daughter: we share the garden with my parents.
Pet?
I had Neula, mixed dog. He died. When my daughter draws the family, she includes Neula.
When he wakes up what moves him?
The family. And to serve my country: I have the honor of being president of my country, the greatest honor!
Breakfast?
Yoghurt, skimmed cheese, sweet ham and fruit – now strawberries!
He comes home at night: what does he do?
Kiss the daughter. I tell him: “Fix the toys”. And I cook
Which dish do you like best?
Casserole noodles. Chicken…
What time does he go to bed?
Before midnight
If you go out at night, what do you drink?
A whiskey with ice. More earlier: today I extend the dinner wine.
Define yourself as a couple.
Constant.
No madness for love?
I carry the bags when we go clothes shopping 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? Does it get drunk?
I am very patient. But when I get angry… I get angry!
What outrages you the most?
Hypocrisy in politics. And the abuse of the vulnerable.
Have you hated something or someone?
No, hating makes you sick.
Would you kill for some ideas?
An idea does not deserve to die. Media does matter.
Where does your daughter go to school?
Charter school in Calella.
When does he earn a year?
A little more than 130,000 euros.
How many hours a 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?
The library: history, Pöpper, Zweig, Mariana Mazzucato: read The entrepreneurial state, inspiring ideas of economic policy. And I really liked La vila perduda, by Max Gross.
With three million euros…
I would cover the mortgage and outstanding loans, we would take a trip…
How is your health?
well I’ve never broken anything.
Testament vital?
I have it pending. I will leave no trouble to those who remain here.
Euthanasia?
A right to choose your worthy end. I hope I don’t have to use it.
After death, what?
Nothing. I wish there was something! I’m friends with the priest who baptized me… but I’m an atheist.
Intelligence in the universe?
Yes, probably different from Earth. One night I saw lights in a row: UFOs? No! Elon Musk’s satellites.
You shouldn’t pray for an atheist, right?
But I reflect.
I meditate?
No. I relax from exhaustion.
Have you thought about his funeral?
They will incinerate me and that’s it.
Choose a music.
We have everything, by Joan Dausà, cant a la vida, Fat Geese…
What do you spend your free time doing?
I cook. My daughter helps me. I eat grated cheese… Oh, and we also read El Tatano together. And we see musicals: The Little Prince, The Little Mermaid… and Frozen!
And if it’s in Spanish, what?
No drama. I listen to Víctor Jara, Ismael Serrano, Serrat..: Mediterranean is beautiful!
The trip of a lifetime?
We went to Formentera as boyfriends. 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 time.
Have you tried drugs?
Some piped years ago.
Look in the mirror: what changes?
I’m short, but without a complex.
Do we add ten centimeters?
No, no, I’m fine. I have always seen everything from this perspective… and I see everything very well!
What do you like most about your physique?
The eyes, says my wife: she sees me as the most handsome in the world.
Did any man like it?
No one has thrown away my junk… that I’ve found out about.
No homoerotic moment?
No. If it had happened, I would explain it without a problem… Although it doesn’t seem relevant to me.
Do you have a motto?
I like a sentence by Joan Fuster: “My contradictions are my hopes”.
Comment-me-la.
One has his ideals, values…, which contradict reality. And manage these contradictions… It’s the valuable thing!
On paper everything is easy…
Being pure is very easy, but it’s very sterile, politically… That’s why I value contradictions appearing to me: it means I’m acting, doing things.
If you had not been born Catalan, where would you have chosen to be born?
I do not care. I am an independenceist, not a nationalist: no nation is better than another. I would be passionate about the language, culture, values ??of the place of birth…
To Albacete, per example.
good place But there I wouldn’t need to be independentist: I would already have my protective State.
And born in another era..?
I would choose the Barcelona of the beginning of the 20th century, with industrialization, social changes… Eduardo Mendoza novelized it very well.
And 1714, and save Catalonia?
Catalonia is not saved by one person, it is a collective project.
