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Madrid (EFE).- In the PSOE they contemplate with expectation the Sumar process undertaken by Yolanda Díaz, with the hope that the vice president will end up configuring together with Podemos a “powerful” and “cohesive” left alternative that will contribute to not losing any vote “progressive” in the next elections.
“A single space is necessary to the left of the PSOE. To transform it is necessary to govern, and the best scenario to continue with the work of the progressive government is that there is a cohesive project in that space to our left”, sources from Ferraz told EFE.
Beyond this desire for unity, at the PSOE headquarters they prefer to be discreet and not enter into further analysis or “electoral calculations”, since they emphasize that what happens with Yolanda Díaz and Podemos is a process that concerns “other parties ”.
However, the Socialists are aware that the configuration of the Sumar project, led by Díaz, will have repercussions on the electoral results of the entire left, including the PSOE, given the need to have support for the creation or revalidation of governments.
And that is why most of the socialist sources consulted by EFE hope that the vice president and Minister of Labor reach an agreement with Podemos to run together under the umbrella of Sumar in the general elections scheduled for December, something that remains unknown a few days from now. the official presentation of his candidacy, on April 2.
“People are clear that as of December the options are (Santiago) Abascal and (Alberto Núñez) Feijóo or Pedro (Sánchez) and Yolanda (Díaz). That is why we want there to be a mobilization of the entire left, so that no vote stays at home, neither for the regional and municipal elections in May, nor for the general ones,” a member of the PSOE Federal Executive told EFE.
In his opinion, for this it is necessary that the parties to the left of the PSOE are “at the height of responsibility” and articulate together a “powerful project”, something that ensures that the Socialists already have.
In the socialist part of the Government, there are those who have no doubt that Díaz and Podemos will reach an agreement, but others, on the other hand, do not rule out that they will finally go separately in the general elections, since they point out that everything depends on what the former vice president and former leader decides. of Podemos Pablo Iglesias.
A historic socialist also hopefully awaits the pact between the two main souls of United We Can to avoid the “fragmentation” of the vote in the next elections, highly penalized by the D’Hondt system of seat allocation.
“If Yolanda Díaz throws Sumar and is not able to add, she will subtract,” he says graphically.
However, he confesses to being somewhat skeptical about the vice president’s ability to “bring together” the entire vote to the left of the PSOE, mainly due to their differences with respect to Iglesias, having a more “moderate” profile.
This moderation and the capacity for dialogue are precisely two of Díaz’s attributes that the socialist representatives consulted by EFE value the most, compared to the “noise” that they assure that Podemos usually causes within the coalition government with its discrepancies on issues such as the reform of the law of only yes is yes.
“It is that Yolanda really adds and the others are determined to subtract,” laments a socialist baron.
Another PSOE baron trusts that Díaz and Podemos close an agreement “as soon as possible” to “eliminate the noise” in the coalition, although he does not believe that the fact that there is an agreement or not directly influences the result of the municipal and regional elections , to which Sumar will not attend.
On the other hand, for another socialist baron it would be good for the voters located to the left of the PSOE to participate in the May elections with a clear “national reference”, because otherwise he considers that there is a risk that they “stay at home” and those parties do not reach the minimum necessary to obtain representation.
The need for the PSOE to join with the left to try to achieve or revalidate governments is evident in autonomous communities such as the Valencian Community, the Balearic Islands, Aragon and Madrid, as well as in most municipalities, given the difficulty of obtaining absolute majorities.
The other alternative, according to various socialist territorial leaders, is to try to win by a larger majority so as not to depend on any partner, but they recognize that it is a more uncertain and risky operation.
What all the Socialists consulted by EFE agree on is the good image that they consider was projected in the debate on the motion of censure this week with the Sánchez-Díaz tandem, which they hope will serve to strengthen the coalition government and to improve the electoral expectations of both, regardless of what happens with Podemos.