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For a few weeks now, media outlets, especially on the left, have published that PP and PSOE are negotiating a majority pact in the face of the threat of a fractured parliament. In Ferraz they accuse IU of being behind this news, and they fear that this message could affect them in the face of the Europeans. To avoid this, they will deny any future alliance with the 'popular'. As sources close to the national leadership of the PSOE explain to El Confidencial Digital , any attempt by the socialists to reach a majority pact with the PP is, today, “pure science fiction.” From Ferraz they consider that the information that is being published on this topic “is being motivated by IU” to “get more votes in the European elections . ” The socialist leaders consulted give as an example, to justify these suspicions, the news, published by media “that have a direct connection with Cayo Lara”, of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's movements in favor of a PP-PSOE coalition government in 2016. In his opinion, “that information opened the door to many others, which always linked us to the Popular Party.” [OBJECT]The Rubalcaba team recognizes that there is fear that this “hoax” will take its toll in the next 25-M elections . They add that "since the legislature began, our objective has been to eliminate the 'PPSOE' concept that had been installed in Spain at the end of 2011." Now, with the door to new elections, “we are not going to open the door to being linked to the PP again.
Confrontation with the PP... and with IU Faced with the threat that IU's message will reach the electorate, the PSOE has made it a priority to launch campaign messages aimed at marking clear distances with the PP , to mobilize left-wing voters, but also "denounce the lies Phone Number List and double discourses of Izquierda Unida”. In this sense, the sources consulted highlight that "our electoral program is antagonistic to that of the PP, and we are going to remind our voters of this." Furthermore, you will remember that the pact in Germany between the SPD and Angela Merkel , used by IU to draw parallels with PSOE and PP, "is now unthinkable in Spain." Furthermore, in Ferraz they are also preparing the electoral machinery against Izquierda Unida. Specifically, from the PSOE they will transmit that the party led by Cayo Lara is a formation "divided, with serious internal crises in Andalusia, Extremadura, and at the national level, with Llamazares waging war on his own with Izquierda Abierta ." “ PP and IU are partners in Extremadura” In this offensive against PP and IU, the motion of censure presented by Guillermo Fernández Vara in the Extramadura Assembly against the 'popular' president José Antonio Monago becomes very important. Socialist leaders affirm privately that “ now IU will have to put its cards on the table , since the only ones who now have a government pact with the PP are them in Extremadura.” If they do not support the motion of censure “they will be portrayed.
Miguel Arias Cañete's visit to Bilbao last Sunday was marred by doubts about Mariano Rajoy's presence at future Basque PP campaign events. The president, aware of this, is speaking with Alfonso Alonso to close his participation in a rally that will be held in Vitoria a few days before March 25. As El Confidencial Digital has learned , the regional leadership of the PP and Moncloa had been in contact since last week to try to find a space in the president's agenda so that he could travel to the Basque Country during the campaign. Although nothing was finalized, the news and editorials following Cañete's visit to Bilbao have precipitated contacts between Madrid and Vitoria . In the Government, and also in the PP, headlines such as “Rajoy forgets about the Basque Country” or “ evades the Mayor Oreja fiefdom ” were surprising. For this reason, leaders of the Popular Party of Euskadi explain, “we have all gotten to work so that the president has an important campaign event here.” Alonso has almost closed a meeting with Rajoy in Vitoria According to sources consulted by ECD, Alfonso Alonso, spokesperson for the PP in Congress and president of the Popular Party in Álava, has practically closed a rally with the presence of Mariano Rajoy in Vitoria. In principle, the chosen date is Tuesday, May 20, just 5 days before the elections . The return of Miguel Arias Cañete to the Basque Country, however, seems ruled out: “He has many events throughout Spain and it is very difficult for him to have a new rally here,” they explain from the PP of Euskadi. The ministers who have already confirmed their presence at campaign events in the Basque Country are Ana Pastor and Isabel García Tejerina .