These days the CUP is among the vertices of COHERENCE, pragmatism and the right to make mistakes, far beyond its usual areas, through the vortex of Artur Mas and the presidency of the Generalitat, increasingly intense and narrower. Almost a month and a half after the Catalan elections, there are two remaining for the end of the term of call for elections, because if before 10 January there is no agreement between JxYes and the Cup there will be new elections, a situation that no independentist wants.

At the other end of the string is a CDC that no one would have imagined would go so far. It seems difficult to take a step back in the process, but the hardest part of the play has not yet started, so everything can happen. At CDC, there is no missing sector that wants it, because it believes that Mas has gone too far, waiting for the tour to take place. It would therefore be good for him not to elect Mas and for him to convene new elections. The question is how the CDC's power relations are and how the Cup decision can help the independence sector move forward with the process.

On that road the Cup has been successful for the time being, putting the Parlament on Monday in the path of independence and disobedience, which was not originally planned. It has sought to take JxSí beyond the statements from the very beginning and has forced democratic confrontation to be the most important instrument for progress in the process, as independence will be nourished by the tension with Madrid and its undemocratic position. Very realistic, as realistic as saying that the unilateral declaration of independence (IUD) still has no place. Taking into account the power relations within independence – 335,000 votes in the Cup and 1,600,000 votes in JxYes – a courageous bet, but one that went well.

IT IS NOT AS CLEAR as the second wager will come out, especially if it leads to the end of not choosing Mas. If the CDC is maintained, the logical thing would seem to be to elect Mas, because being president of the Generalitat Mas – don’t forget it, just for 18 months – would be less bad than calling new elections. In the absence of almost two months, the Cup faces tremendous pressures and, curiously, this time more than Madrid on the part of Catalan independence. The ANC has already announced that, if the Cup and JxYes fail to reach an agreement, it will announce mobilisations to put pressure on the two parties. You can't imagine that the greatest pressure would fall on the Cup.

The Cup does not joke and recognizes coherence as one of its main symbols. Although the trio has been successful, for example, former parliamentarians Isabel Vallet, Quim Arrufat and David Fernández have been replaced in the Trump trio. What is at issue, in short, is whether the issue of the masses is being used as a pressure strategy or whether it will lead to the end. The contradiction of bringing here to the end: that in the internal situation of independence there are not so many relations of force to oblige; democratic legitimacy –345 / 1,600–; weakening the inter-class approach of independence; it says no customization of the process, but is the CUP not customizing the process with so much emphasis on Mas? If the question of Mas is being used as a pressure strategy, it may have achieved what it had to achieve, is it time to give way to pragmatism?

But you may also be right in that, that at the end CDC gives up and that Mas sacrifices at this stage. This pressure from the Cup would be the true thermometer of CDC's will for democratic confrontation, but perhaps too dangerous for the process. The CDC acronyms have already passed and the party itself is already preparing a change of faces. As a first step, La Vanguardia announced that it will be presented for the candidature of Democracy and Freedom for the next general elections in Spain. And, among other things, he is also preparing the Deputy President of the Generalitat, CDC Neus Monté, to put him on the front line.

The brave are wrong more than the cowards, but the world is transformed by them; it is also true that cemeteries are filled with daring. Where is the balance of prudence? We will soon see. Or not.