Interior minister Núria Parlon and Mossos director Josep Lluís Trapero admitted on Wednesday before parliament the operational error in sending two undercover agents into a teachers assembly. They offered apologies and announced an internal investigation along with regulatory changes.
Parlon and Trapero appeared before parliament’s interior committee after the CGT union filed a complaint. The agents were discovered last Wednesday at the Pau Claris institute in Barcelona during a meeting to prepare for the May 12 strike.
Both officials described the action as a “poorly planned maneuver” and a “serious operational error” carried out without bad faith. Parlon apologized to the affected groups and announced a reserved internal inquiry to clarify the facts as well as changes to the structural decree governing such practices.
Trapero said future decisions on information gathering will require higher-ranking approval and that proportionality filters will be reviewed. The police chief stressed the goal is to ensure protest safety rather than restrict rights.
Junts, ERC, Comuns and CUP demanded Trapero’s immediate dismissal. PP and Vox also criticized the operation and sought explanations over rising insecurity in Catalonia.
