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While the national leadership of the PP tries to push him a little further into the primaries and he privately reveals his plans, José Luis Martínez-Almeida also practices fine diplomacy. As EL MUNDO has learned from sources in the Community of Madrid and the Madrid City Council, the mayor of the capital was having lunch at Puerta del Sol - headquarters of the regional government - with Isabel Díaz Ayuso last Thursday, October 28, to try to iron out "tensions" and renew their commitment to the electoral "ticket" that they both form.

It was a secret meeting that they knew nothing about, not even some of his closest collaborators.

It was held in the dining room of the regional president and in it Ayuso clearly asked Martínez-Almeida what his current position is on the leadership of the PP in Madrid and the regional congress that is going to be held next year.

The national spokesman of the PP, Pablo Casado, replied that he is betting on the third way.

In other words, to maintain the current model, in which there is an organic counter-power between the Madrid president and the mayor.

Once again, although without specifying it exactly, what Martínez-Almeida said is that he does not want Díaz Ayuso to be the president of the apparatus, but a third person.

This is what the "third way" means, although this does not imply that it seems wrong for the

baroness to

lead the party in the community.

"They stay to eat passing everything"

Ayuso took note again of Martínez-Almeida's preference and reminded him that he wants to appear in congress and preside over the Madrid PP, as is already known.

But both agreed that this discrepancy is not an obstacle to breaking their "tandem", or their partnership (both call each other "partner", that is, partner in English).

Thursday's is not the first meal they've had in recent weeks.

In October they met in a restaurant, according to sources at Puerta del Sol, also to catch up in private.

In Ayuso's environment, they consider that these secret meetings are a sign that their relationship is not bad, and they believe that the confrontation is spurred on by the national leadership.

"While Genoa sends them to hit, they stay to eat passing everything," they ironically.

In Genoa they assure that the one who has polarized is Sol's team, undermining the "authority" of the party leadership.

So is there a possibility that Genova and Ayuso agree with Almeida on the equation?

Sources from the Community of Madrid assure that they want to avoid a "civil war" and that they are willing to accept a consensus in the future direction of the PP in Madrid, as long as Ayuso presides over it.

The link between the two 'sides'

In fact, they point to

Alfonso Serrano

as the future secretary general of the formation to

act

as a link between the two

sides

.

And Martínez-Almeida would have a notable role, they emphasize.

"The Ayuso-Almeida tandem cannot be broken, and they are breaking it," the sources insist.

As this newspaper advanced this Wednesday, Genoa would also be willing to accept that Ayuso presided over the apparatus, but only in the hypothetical case that he abandoned his plan and adhered to the "authority" and "model" of the national leadership party. without repeating the "mistakes of other times", that is, of when Esperanza Aguirre concentrated all the power.

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  • José Luis Martínez-Almeida

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