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"Not pass! They will not pass! ”Shouted the bases of United We can on Friday night, as a self-motivated song against the possible boom of rights, especially Vox. But they passed, and they did. Vox passed to drive the purple and a few more from the road. It happened that the polls were put back in Spain and Pablo Iglesias suffered an electoral slap again. It happened that United -We can lost, again, deputies, now seven. Since 2015, the so-called "space of change" that has left its votes in all appointments. On 10-N, Unidos Podemos won 3,096,949 votes and 35 seats, compared to 3,751,145 ballots and 42 seats in April.

United We can continue its fall. Iglesias and the purple leaders had boasted in the last days that Moncloa's plan to call elections to sink United We can failed. Sunday night illuminated reality: seven deputies and 654,196 votes are left.

We can lose deputies in Las Palmas, Madrid , Alicante , Cádiz , Barcelona , Vizcaya or Málaga , places all of them where More Country was presented, the party of Íñigo Errejón. Alberto Garzón, leader of IU, blamed him without naming him of the fall of United We can, of the fragmentation that he has caused, without obtaining political revenue. A general malaise in United We can, but they avoided expressing. The purple also lose their seat in Huelva , where they remain without representation. On the other hand, they earn it in Girona , the only province where they add up.

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The day began with optimism. In the purple dome it was believed that the blow was endured. That resisted the onslaught of Pedro Sánchez and his advisors, in reference to Iván Redondo , chief of staff of the socialist leader. "There were too many interests in a project like the one of United We could be weakened and it seems that this will not happen," proclaimed Enrique Santiago , leader of the PCE, deputy and leader very close to Iglesias, minutes before the ballot count.

The day turned into a Sunday of consolations. First, throwing in the face of the PSOE that fails to lose three deputies. Second, that the 35 seats won make the United We can hold on to the idea that they remain a key actor in structuring a progressive government, although they have lost muscle. They appeal to what some purple positions define as follows: «The quantity of deputies does not matter as much as their quality», alluding to their need in the sum to form a Government . They are decisive to articulate a left-wing parliamentary majority. They maintain their key party role. Also that 35 deputies is the threshold to force a popular referendum before any change in the Constitution . An important weapon to be able to face a possible alliance between the PSOE and the PP. It is also the threshold of seats to file a motion of censure.

«Taking into account the circumstances and the candidacies that were presented, that we have 35 deputies did not fit into their plans [of Moncloa ]. We would have liked to have a better result, but we are satisfied to continue being a force as much or more decisive than in April to have a progressive government that stops the extreme right, ”reflected Iglesias, with a visibly serious face and a hard tone, like the members of his team.

The loss of votes at each election date has eroded the figure of Iglesias. With a last truce for this 10-N, from Monday the internal noise and the questioning of some territories of its management will return. Hence, the purple leader is obliged to monetize his 35 deputies, exhibit some political revenue that serves as a shield to support himself and pilot a future transition. The 10-N shows the wear of the brand Podemos, since its two confluences, In Comú Podem (7) and Galicia in Common (2) repeat results. United We can drop 7 seats.

Iglesias writes to Sánchez to urge him to negotiate

Coalition Despite the fall in seats and votes, which at the internal level is sure to return to focus on the leadership and management of Pablo Iglesias, the leader of Podemos insists on demanding Pedro Sánchez to negotiate from today a coalition, with the pretext of stopping the "extreme right." Aware that only a negotiation would placate the discomfort of some sectors, it was put to work without 100% of the scrutiny. He sent a message to Sánchez and urged him to negotiate for a matter of "historical necessity" in the face of the Vox boom. «You sleep worse with more than 50 deputies of the extreme right than with ministers of United We can. What after the April elections was a historic opportunity, is now a historical necessity, ”he said yesterday in reference to his demand to negotiate with the PSOE a coalition. "The only way to stop the extreme right is with a government that has parliamentary stability and guarantees social policies."

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