Jordi Hereu, the mayor of Barcelona has dropped to 4.1 points from 5 in a municipal poll carried out every six months (read article in Castilian here, El Pais). The vote, which is conducted by the Ayuntamiento every six months revealed that the mayor and his party, Partit dels Socialistes (PSC) have slipped in the estimation of the 800 citizens polled in June. The survey is conducted in order to find out the concerns of the people of Barcelona and to gauge to political landscape. The CiU party and their leader Xavier Trias gained a 5.2 measure of approval. The poll also asks the citizens their voting intentions and the PSC party obtained their worst figures on record, gaining only 10.7 percent of the vote compared to 18.1 percent for the CiU. Assumpta Escarp, the deputy mayor of the town council, who presented the results yesterday acknowledged that they represent a "crisis" in the PSC party. She went on to say that "the Diagonal consultation showed that we had been moving away from the concerns of citizens and that we must concentrate on improving city services. But it hasn't only been this, the economic adjustment measures also weigh negatively on the mayor." Hereu blamed the fall in the voting intentions for the party on both "external and internal elements. Clearly the barometer is all a warning." Ricard Goma from the ICV party obtained a rating of 4.3, Jordi Portabella of the ERC party gained 4.7 points. Hereu was only behind, Alberto Fernández Díaz who also gained a low rating of 3.4.