Rull Begins The Round Of Consultations With The Parliamentary Groups Prior To The Possible Investiture Of Illa .

BARCELONA CATALONIA, SPAIN - AUGUST 06: The leader of the PSC, Salvador Illa, during the first meeting of the round of consultations, in the Parliament of Catalonia, on August 6, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Rull has called for today, the round of consultations prior to formalize the convening of a plenary session for the possible investiture of the first secretary of the PSC, Salvador Illa, as president of the Generalitat. On Saturday, August 3, Illa explained that he had informed the president of the Parliament that he had the necessary majority to be invested after the agreements that his party has reached with ERC and Comuns. In the Catalan elections, the PSC obtained 42 seats while the Republicans won 20 and the Comuns 6, which add up to exactly the 68 deputies that the socialist leader needs to be invested. (Photo By David Zorrakino/Europa Press via Getty Images)