Politics

Junts mayors push to tighten registration

"There must be a change regarding the municipal register. It's illogical that you can register someone who says they live on the river." Thus, in a recent interview with Europa Press, the Secretary General of Junts, Jordi Turull, advocated a review of the way municipalities register their residents. This proposal responds to internal pressure, which has intensified recently, from Junts mayors to tighten registration requirements and implement a series of reforms to social assistance in the face of the rise in immigration and also "occupations," they maintain. According to sources familiar with this internal lobby, several mayors have endorsed a report prepared by one of Junts' advisors at the Barcelona Provincial Council, which diagnoses, according to them, the "problems" currently facing the local community and proposes a series of legal changes that they hope will be embraced by the entire Junts leadership.

"There must be a change regarding the municipal register. It's illogical that you can register someone who says they live on the river." Thus, in a recent interview with Europa Press, the Secretary General of Junts, Jordi Turull, advocated a review of the way municipalities register their residents.

This proposal responds to internal pressure, which has intensified recently, from Junts mayors to tighten registration requirements and implement a series of reforms to social assistance in the face of the rise in immigration and also "occupations," they maintain. According to sources familiar with this internal lobby, several mayors have endorsed a report prepared by one of Junts' advisors at the Barcelona Provincial Council, which diagnoses, according to them, the "problems" currently facing the local community and proposes a series of legal changes that they hope will be embraced by the entire Junts leadership..