ERC wins Barcelona Ajuntament elections: The result of the municipal elections in Barcelona has given Ernest Maragall the winner, with a tight victory. The mayor of ERC in Barcelona has managed this Sunday to win the mayoral elections to the BComú candidate, Ada Colau, with a few votes difference and tied with ten councilors.

Maragall's ERC has obtained ten mayors - twice as many as in 2015, when it won five - and Colau has also obtained ten - one-third - with 4,600 fewer votes than Republicans.

This is ERC's first victory in the Catalan capital since the transition, while the PSC will have eight mayors - twice as many as in 2015; BCN Canvi-Cs by Manuel Valls, six -sum one-; JxCat by Joaquim Forn, five, and the PP, two, while the CUP is left out.

ERC wins Barcelona Ajuntament elections

The mayor of Barcelona and candidate for Barcelona in Comú for re-election, Ada Colau, congratulated ERC and its candidate Ernest Maragall for having won the elections and interpreted that "the citizens ask the left forces for a broad and transversal government of left ».

Colau has appeared before the sympathizers of the commons when, with more than 95% of the votes counted, it was already clear that BComú has been "a few votes away from the victory", "ERC has won, but by a few votes, and the PSC has obtained very good result ", as it has underlined.

The mayor said that "28 left-wing councilors is a historic result for the left in the city of Barcelona."


MORE NEWS: About 100 dealers are concentrated before Glovo in Barcelona for the death of a partner

Nearly 100 dealers have gathered on Monday May 27 before the Glovo headquarters in Barcelona to protest the death of a fellow on Saturday night with his bicycle, in a traffic accident with a garbage truck involved.

The concentrates for the second consecutive day, convened by Riders for Rights, have arrived at the Glovo headquarters in Pujades street at around 12.00 hours, and have been closed.

The rally has started without incident and at around 1 pm some riders have set fire to one of the company's backpacks at the junction between Pujades and Àlaba streets, so both have been cut off. Minutes later, some concentrates have burned two tires in the same place while occupying the street, and then have set fire to two other backpacks and several boxes.

A group of protesters has also thrown dozens of eggs and tomatoes onto the facade of the headquarters, at which time the Mossos d'Esquadra have approached to pacify the situation after an argument.

Since the beginning of the rally, there have been two teams of the Brimo, who have not intervened, and a crew of the Firemen has also arrived. At 1.30 pm and after the firefighters put out the fire, the street has regained circulation and the concentration has been dissolving.

Riders for Rights spokesman Dani Gutiérrez told reporters that the company should work to prevent occupational hazards - for example with reflective vests -, pay casualties and medical insurance: "We only ask that they comply with the law."
The 'riders' suspect that the person who died on Saturday is a 'rider' who did not have papers, and who could be working with a rented account to another worker.

«We had been saying for some time what would happen. It is not understood that a company of thousands of distributors dedicate zero euros to the prevention of occupational hazards, training courses in road safety and safety clothing ", and added that delivery drivers have to go to the limit to make a living.

Riders for Rights is considering taking legal action against Glovo for this accident.

For their part, members of the Autonomous Riders Association have argued that Glovo forces them to work in a dangerous way because "they have to juggle" to reach an objective or the company's system penalizes them with fewer hours, according to him.
They have also criticized that the delivery people do not have an interlocutor with the company, to which they are directed via email or chat: "We can not come complain here because they throw us out".

Glovo reaction

Glovo, the digital delivery platform, has said that the delivery driver was not a contributor to the company, he said in a statement Monday.

The company has stated that the fact that the deceased deliveryman carried a Glovo backpack "suggests" that he might be using a third party's account.

In addition, the delivery company has announced that, despite the fact that the delivery person was not from Glovo, it will assume «all expenses equivalent to those covered by the private insurance provided by the delivery people of the platform».