(L-R) The president of the Generalitat and ERC candidate for reelection, Pere Aragonès, the president of ERC, Oriol Junqueras, and the head of the ERC list for Lleida, Marta Vilalta, during the act of ERC to start the 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)