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Mayor Colau in dead heat race for Barcelona

Catalan regional president Quim Torra (R) speaks with Catalan regional Digital Affairs and Public Administration Minister Jordi Puignero (L) and Barcelona mayor Ada Colau (C) ahead a dinner hosted by the Spanish royals at the National Art Museum of Catalonia (MNAC) to mark the inauguration of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) on the eve of the world's biggest mobile fair in Barcelona on February 24, 2019. (Photo by AFP)

Kusai Kedri
Press TV, Barcelona

Municipal and European elections are a couple of days away in Spain and candidates are making a final push to win over voters. In Barcelona, mayor Ada Colau is vying for a second term and is boasting a series of reforms to fight real estate speculation and improve living conditions for the poor but her opponents blame her for a sharp rise in crime and insecurity.

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