With less than 48 hours to go before the deadline for registering coalitions, agreement in Sumar is progressing, although not at the same pace for all parties. Putting together the pieces of the puzzle with up to fifteen formations is very complex and the basic stumbling block lies in the elaboration of the lists and their distribution to the starting positions. Sources from various formations were optimistic throughout Wednesday and there are expected to be announcements this Thursday. The militancy of Más Madrid, which met in the assembly yesterday afternoon, supported with more than 96% the integration into the coalition led by Vice-President Yolanda Díaz, which will stand in the general elections on July 23. At the last minute, the Aragonese Chunta also unanimously agreed to participate along with the Sumar platform, and this Thursday the Andalusian Popular Initiative, AraMÉS and Batzarre announced the same. Meanwhile, Compromís is silent. Both Mónica García and Joan Baldoví have publicly stated that there will be an agreement, but the great unknown remains Podemos. Pressure from the territories mounted this Wednesday, with several leaders calling for the pact.
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Sources from the formation of Ione Belarra insisted in the afternoon that everything continues to be blocked in Madrid, the Valencian Community and Catalonia, the three autonomies in which they denounced vetoes of other forces (Más Madrid, Compromís and Catalunya en Comú) against their presence and ultimately also to the specific name of Irene Montero. Sumar, who declined this week to rule out the formation, does not elaborate on the course of the dialogues. Negotiations between Díaz’s team – led by his second-vice-presidency cabinet director Josep Vendrell – and the rest of the parties continued throughout the day, with different formations present in the same office to try to iron out differences. ready. The meetings lasted late into the night. To solve the final puzzle, the organizations try to reason with the results that suit them best, be it the general results of 2019, the regional or the municipal results of 28-M. Podemos, for example, is not interested in taking as a reference these last elections, which were disastrous for the party, which has gone extra-parliamentary in the Autonomous Community of Madrid, Valencia and the Canary Islands. Some elections claim to take other territorial forces into account.
Más Madrid will support Sumar in the next elections on July 23 with 96.11% of the votes in favor in the consultation. We will use all our strength for this @Yolanda_Diaz_ to be the first female president of the Spanish government. pic.twitter.com/tLqa2YvYpt
— Monica Garcia (@Monica_Garcia_G) June 7, 2023
Throughout Wednesday, various authoritarian voices in the autonomies called for the deal, with particularly notorious interventions, such as that of Irene de Miguel, leader of Podemos in Extremadura, who announced that the Autonomous Citizens’ Council, the territorial governing body, had backed form part of the electoral coalition with Sumar in the general election. “Those who do not want unity must step aside and leave those of us who believe unity is the way,” he warned on Radio Canal Extremadura. “The mandate of the Podemos executive is to reach an agreement and I believe that this must be done,” she added when asked about the pact. On the same Thursday, the party’s coordinator in Aragon, Maru Díaz, announced that she would not accept the deputy and would give up the position at the head of the organization after the generals, leading to the poor result on March 28. “More than ever, pride, generosity and humility are crucial to maintaining the coalition government.” warns in a statement.
The new Sumar campaign spokesman, Ernest Urtasun, together with Yolanda Díaz, this Wednesday during his visit to Doñana. Paco Puentes
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His opinion was also shared by the party’s coordinator in Navarre, Begoña Alfaro, and in Galicia, Borja San Ramón. Alfaro, a profile close to Díaz, stressed that not reaching an agreement would be “an impressive act of irresponsibility,” while San Ramón stressed that “an agreement does not mean resigning,” but “resolutely betting on what they have in common.” have”. the projects. Podemos national co-spokeswoman and candidate for the presidency of the Autonomous Community of Madrid on 28-M, Alejandra Jacinto, also commented on the poor election results in an article published early this morning. “If we can read what happened, we have the clues to shape the future,” the text reads.
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In the Valencian community, several community-level activists and leaders have signed a manifesto calling for “transparency and participation” in the composition of the Podem team, which they say “can and should be integrated into a broad, structured gathering.” . Sumar”. The document also expressed unease at the May results, when the organization was expelled from the Cortes by part of the government and also failed to get into the Valencia City Council. “The people who who directed the municipal agreements and campaigning for the regional elections, cannot be at the forefront of either the planning or the lists of this new appointment,” they affirm of some elections, the results of which they describe as “catastrophic,” reports Maria Fabra.
Support of More Madrid
The base of Más Madrid voted overwhelmingly this Wednesday with 96.11% of the vote in favor of the party that leads the opposition in the Autonomous Community of Madrid supporting Sumar in the elections. Once approved, the next few hours will be crucial to finalizing an agreement that Mónica García herself took for granted on Tuesday night on Cadena SER. It is expected that Íñigo Errejón, chairman of Más País, will be the formation’s first representative on the Sumar lists in the event of an agreement, which has a deadline of Friday before midnight.
“Do you agree that Más Madrid supports Sumar and that the coordination team is negotiating the best conditions for the next general elections?” That is the question on which the base of the party, which has been debated in their respective assemblies and for the last week called for an electronic vote, responded overwhelmingly in the affirmative. With victory already assured, both Maestre and García celebrated Más Madrid’s position but also agreed to emphasize that any agreement with Sumar must be made while respecting Más Madrid’s DNA and autonomy.
Mónica García and Rita Maestre from Más Madrid attend the party plenary session at the Espacio Rastro in Madrid. Andrea Comas
“We will not return to bipartisanship because that means going back to a country that no longer exists and where the right is winning,” said Más Madrid spokeswoman in Madrid City Council, Rita Maestre, in her speech before her organization’s plenary session . “When asked about bipartisanship or Yolanda Díaz, we answer Yolanda Díaz, the first female president of this country,” he concluded.
A line that García maintained: “In the assemblies there was almost unanimity to support Sumar and Yolanda Díaz and to preserve our DNA, so we will use all our generosity and all our talent to have the first president Spain ” affirmed the spokeswoman for the regional assembly and leader of the opposition against the government Isabel Díaz Ayuso (PP).
However, completing the negotiations will not be as easy as starting them. Representatives from Más Madrid, Podemos and Izquierda Unida want a spot on the Madrid list. Tradition dictates that Díaz is at the top of the list and he will likely want to add an independent profile or a member of his own party (Movimiento Sumar). And since the number of places with seating is very limited, the negotiations are facing a very delicate moment. More Madrid wants to maintain its weight as a reference party for the regional left. We can see that his presence in the coalition government and his municipal structure are more established in the community than that of the Errejón party.
In the final leg of the talks, Díaz traveled to Doñana in the morning to try to focus on a model to protect the environment against the policies of the PP-ruled Junta de Andalucía that are “turning Spain into a desert”. , loudly denounced. From there, recently appointed campaign spokesman, MEP Ernest Urtasun, sent a message of calm: “We are making good progress. We will not arrive at the last minute and will have good news shortly.”
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