"Today we have 92 women – almost 40% of the total – joining the Guàrdia Urbana city police. We are slowly putting right a historical injustice and ensuring that our local police force reflects our society, which is plural and diverse"

“We want a green and fair future. Because the solutions to both the economic and ecological crises are inseparable: if it isn’t green, it isn't fair, and if it isn't fair, it isn't green.”

“Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Olympic Games is a magnificent opportunity for us to recover that spirit of commitment and cooperation and to project it forcefully towards the future, at the service of a city that is coming out of the crisis stronger, looking backwards with pride and to the future with enthusiasm and ambition.”

"The choice is between cities living in the past or cities looking to the future. Cities of the past based on speculation, speculative property deals, fossil fuels, privatisations and lowering taxes for those that have most; or cities of the future: that have leading, diversified economies with high added value, in a cohesive, sustainable city, designed for the people who live there."

"Knowledge needs values to ensure that the dream of reason drives progress rather than creating monsters. Knowledge must be used to promote well-being, especially the well-being of those most in need, in the pursuit of equity and sustainability."

"Fins ara les ciutats creixien cap enfora. A Barcelona, en canvi, hi ha una nova ciutat que creix en el seu interior, des del cor dels barris. Una veritable metamorfosi feta amb la ciutadania i per a la ciutadania."

"They will not manage to make us afraid or make us stay at home and stop enjoying ourselves, to stop being who we are, or dressing in another way. We are here, this is who we are, we will enjoy ourselves and we will not hide."

 

"Barcelona is prepared and has the talent, skills and ecosystems it needs to provide the best possible response to the global challenges that must be faced, especially in big metropolitan cities all over the world."