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Read between Collboni’s lines

It is said that one should read be­tween a politi­cian’s lines. It is usu­ally in a few sen­tences, some­times one, where their true in­ten­tions for the fu­ture are hid­den: a few key phrases in the midst of a long speech full of ex­cited elec­toral procla­ma­tions, for con­sump­tion by their po­lit­i­cally near and dear. The PSC can­di­date for mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Coll­boni, out­lined three post-elec­tion sce­nar­ios, this Sat­ur­day: Colau could lose the may­oralty, but her party con­tin­ues in gov­ern­ment. Or Barcelona En Comu might be bumped out of gov­ern­ment. Or Colau might win by such a small mar­gin that she has to form a coali­tion. But Coll­boni’s speech boils down to this: PSC wants to, and can, win.

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