The president of the Generalitat and ERC candidate for reelection, Pere Aragonès (2l), the president of ERC, Oriol Junqueras (c), and the vice-president of the Government of the Generalitat de Catalunya and number two on the ERC list for Barcelona, Laura Vilagrà (2r), during an ERC rally, at Plaça Espanya, on May 4, 2024, in Pineda de Mar, Barcelona, Catalunya (Spain). Esquerra Republicana (ERC) continues with this act its campaign for the Catalan autonomic elections of next May 12. The acting president of the Generalitat called for early elections in Catalonia on March 13, after the Parliament rejected the Generalitat's budget bill for 2024. 04 MAY 2024 Kike Rincón / Europa Press 05/04/2024 (Europa Press via AP)