Trias: "The tram is a business they want to dress up as progressive"

The ex-mayor who is running for mayor again says that he will put an end to the politics of confrontation that, in his opinion, has characterized the strategy of Mayoress Ada Colau these two mandates. Xavier Trias took part yesterday in the fourth of the colloquiums that take place these weeks with the main candidates for the mayoralty of Barcelona, ​​organized by Barcelona Oberta, the Gremi de Restauració and La Vanguardia.

And the number one on the Junts list did not want to show off his successes from years ago at the head of the City Council, but to propose new ways of managing, administering, governing… “We must put an end to this policy based on the confrontation – he insisted -. Problems are solved by talking to everyone and using common sense. We must seek collaboration”.

And this is the ex-convergent’s recipe when it comes to tackling such difficult issues as restaurateurs’ fees, terrace opening times, the opening of shops on public holidays… Trias understands that Barcelona residents are disenchanted with the future of the city, and that the best way to recover self-esteem and the collective mood that led to the Olympic transformation of this city is for the City Council to stop punishing the sector private

“I will sit down and talk to all of you – he said to a large group of traders and restaurateurs – to find solutions. A terrace that closes at eleven at night is a terrace where you can’t have dinner. But we also have to take the neighbors into account.” This is really its main promise, the search for dialogue and consensus with the aim of recovering Barcelona as a shared project. “If you want to fight for social welfare, there is only one solution: create sustainable economic activity. For example, we want quality, family, cultural, congress tourism… I will never govern with people against private activity”.

In any case, and despite the somewhat fluid point of his proposal, Trias also made several issues clear. “The tram is nothing more than the business of a company that wants to dress up as progressive”. “The works of Consell de Cent are irreversible. We will have to be careful so that he does not become another Enric Granados and, above all, see what happens in the other streets”. “Reforming mobility does not mean blocking it. Making war on the car is a mistake.”