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The president of the acting Government and general secretary of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez , on Saturday sent a letter to the socialist militants, in which he ensures that his agreement with Podemos to launch a coalition government is "essential" to overcome the blockade political and deal with the "boom of the extreme right."

Sánchez sent this letter to the socialist bases a week before the PSOE militancy pronounces on the investiture agreement signed with Podemos, which will be forged by the first Coalition Executive in Spain if it obtains the rest of the necessary support for the investiture to prosper.

This consultation of the bases, the first of Sánchez's second stage at the head of the PSOE and with the new regulations in force, must confirm whether the socialist militants are in favor of the entry of the formation led by Pablo Iglesias in the Government.

The PSOE Executive is expected to approve the question that will be submitted to affiliates on Monday. In this way, Sánchez will thus comply with the internal rules of his party, which he himself modified after his return to the General Secretariat of the PSOE in 2017.

In his letter, Sánchez points out that "for the fifth time in six months" the PSOE has been the most voted force at the polls: April 28 generals; municipal, regional and European of May 26; and the generals of last Sunday.

This serves to present his party as "the progressive hope for millions of people, who contemplate with concern the rise of an extreme right , strengthened by rights that cower before their messages of hate and that embraced it in autonomous governments and municipal more and more retrograde ".

He made it clear that he will not accept that "the discourse of hate and intolerance advances", nor that "the majority will to have a progressive government is frustrated", or "the political blockade that prevents our country from having government is perpetuated . Spain does not can live in political interinity for a longer time. "

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After defending that after the election night, the PSOE took the initiative to get out of the blockade, defended that the agreement reached with Podemos is "essential" observing the verdict of the polls.

He stressed that the agreement has been finalized "when both parties have fully convinced us. Now, we both have the guarantees we needed": for Podemos it was "crucial" to be in the Council of Ministers and for the PSOE it was "indispensable condition" to be able guarantee "a single cohesive government, based on government loyalty and solidarity. Especially in economic and territorial capital matters." "The one we have taken is the only real way to avoid the blockade," he argued.

Sánchez explained that the Coalition Government will have a marked progressive vocation, with the following principles: "equality between men and women, that defends public services and social cohesion, that bets on growth and innovation in the economy, that advances in the recognition of new rights, that leads the fight against climate change, that strengthens territorial cohesion through dialogue and laws and does not promote confrontation and confrontation between Spaniards. "

This allowed him to make it clear that he will fulfill his objectives taking into account the observance of "the economic and budgetary commitments that derive from our firm European commitment".

Appeal to the forces of "progress"

Sanchez recalled that "it is not enough to overcome the investiture session", so he appealed to the "responsibility of the other parliamentary forces, especially those that share the values ​​of progress, so that they contribute to finding solutions where others insist on putting obstacles. "

He also considered it necessary to "broaden the basis of the agreement to have a solid majority throughout the legislature" to "break the endless cycle of elections and successive blockades we have been dragging for four years."

Despite this, he predicted that the path that opens "will not be simple," since the extreme right has contaminated many of the conservative forces with their extremist postulates and their methods of falsehood, insult and intimidation. "

For all this, he called for the vote of the socialist militancy to ratify an agreement that will enable the formation of a government that will "improve the life of the majorities and build a more just and more supportive country."

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