The councilor of the presidency of the Government of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Laura Vilagrà (r), and the ERC candidate for Girona, Laia Cañigueral (l), during the act of ERC of beginning of campaign, in Jardinets de Salvador Espriu, on April 25, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). With this act, the parliamentary group Esquerra Republicana (ERC) begins today the campaign for the Catalan 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. APRIL 25;2024 Lorena Sopêna / Europa Press 04/25/2024 (Europa Press via AP)