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Inés Arrimadas is going to call Pedro Sánchez today to insist that he break his agreement with Podemos and seek an agreement for the investiture with the PP_ and with Ciudadanos.

The spokeswoman for Citizens has transferred this Wednesday to the head of state who will continue to insist until the end so that the investiture will be possible through the "track 221", which includes the seats of the PSOE, the PP, Cs and Navarra Sum.

That is the "only way," he said, that it would give "stability" and bring "moderation" to the Executive of Spain against the "government of insomnia that, according to Sánchez, would not let 95% of Spaniards sleep."

The King has received this Wednesday at the Palacio de la Zarzuela the leader of Citizens Inés Arrimadas, who has premiered with this meeting as a representative of his party in a round of consultations of the head of state prior to proposing candidate for investiture as president of the government.

Since Citizens got representation in Congress, its former president, Albert Rivera, was the one who had participated in these rounds of consultations.

After his resignation, this political force decided that it was Arrimadas who represented them in their encounter with the monarch, since she will be their parliamentary spokesman.

The king has received the deputy of Cs in the Hall of Audiences of the palace after 13:00 hours. Both have greeted each other before accessing the monarch's office to start their meeting.

Arrimadas has transferred to Felipe VI the refusal of Citizens to endorse the investiture of Pedro Sánchez while maintaining a coalition agreement with Podemos that would make Pablo Iglesias vice president. Faced with this option, Citizens defends an agreement to unlock the legislature that passes through the 221 seats held by the PSOE, the PP and Citizens.

Arrimadas herself has proposed to Sanchez a meeting between the three parties to explore a "moderate and constitutionalist" agreement, but the president of the acting Government has not yet given him a date.

The meeting with the leader of Citizens was the last of the King during the morning, before resuming the final stretch of his round of consultations early in the afternoon. Pablo Iglesias (Podemos), Santiago Abascal (Vox), Pablo Casado (PP) and Pedro Sánchez (PSOE) will participate in it.

Upon completion, the head of state will notify the president of Congress, Meritxell Batet, if he proposes Pedro Sánchez as a candidate for investiture. If so, it will be she who makes it public, even before the appearance of the leader of the PSOE tonight.

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