He stated it at a press convention along with the president of the parliamentary group, Josep Maria Jové; the celebration spokesperson, Marta Vilalta; the president of the Barcelona ERC Federation, Gerard Gómez del Moral; and the final secretary of the federation, Anna Nebreda.
Maragall defined that it has been very troublesome for him to make this choice however that he does it “from conviction, reflection and from the proof that Barcelona asks for every thing, deserves every thing and at this second calls for every thing”.