The debacle of Podemos in the municipal elections has given even more arguments to the commons to support Yolanda Díaz and her Sumar project in the face of the general elections that Pedro Sánchez has called by surprise on July 23. The party of Ione Belarra and Irene Montero has practically disappeared from the big cities, and in the machine room of the commons they consider that now Podemos has no choice but to give in and put itself under the baton of the vice president of the Government. "It wouldn't be understood any other way."
The commons have linked their future at the state level to Yolanda Díaz, and she, in turn, has found her greatest territorial support in Colau. "We are necessary, we are good at campaigns," she underlined in En Comú. And it is that although Ada Colau has been defeated in Barcelona, she almost equals the PSC in votes and her party maintains fourth position in Catalonia despite the decline in vote percentage and councillors. It remains game, wield the commons.
With these credentials, in En Comú they believe that they are in a relatively good position to contest the generals and they see it as more likely and necessary than ever for Podemos to give in to be behind Díaz in all of Spain. “Without a new project and a new candidate it will not be possible to win the right in Spain. We are indispensable”, said David Cid, spokesperson for En Comú Podem, in an appearance this Monday with Jordi Martí to assess Sunday's results.
“If we do what we always do, we won't win; we need a new country project and we need Yolanda Díaz; we make ourselves available to her so that she is the next president of Spain ”, she added.
The commons are convinced that they will reissue the alliance with Podem for the generals in Catalonia. There are, however, crucial issues to be resolved in record time. To begin with, the head of the list. Cid has not clarified whether Jaume Asens, closely linked to Pablo Iglesias in the past, will repeat as a candidate in Catalonia. The equation is not resolved and here he will have to see how the negotiations to form a government in the Barcelona city council end up being resolved. What will Ada Colau do when she stops being mayor?
The formula will also have to be studied so that the votes harvested by the commons on July 23 go to the Sumar list. In any case, they believe that the movement to the limit of Pedro Sánchez does not have to harm them. Better choices in summer, as soon as possible, than in winter, they maintain.
Meanwhile, Colau tries to form a left-wing tripartite with the PSC and ERC to unseat the winner of the elections, Xavier Trias, and retain a share of power in the capital of Catalonia. The future of the commons in Catalonia depends on it and part of the force to try to bring Yolanda Díaz to the Government of Spain. The July generals are presented to the political space as an opportunity to make a virtue of necessity. They have no other. After losing the electoral race in Barcelona, a disaster in all of Spain would be a difficult blow to bear.
