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Spanish politics has been experiencing a domino effect since the night of March 9, 2021, when a motion of censure in Murcia launched against

shook the foundations of the PP, Ciudadanos and the PSOE.

And, over time, it has also eroded United We Can to the point that today the minority member of the Government is stranded in waters of irrelevance and with a serious leadership problem that can further harm the electoral future of the purple .

As a result of that motion of censure,

decided to advance the elections in the

and, as a reaction, Pablo Iglesias abandoned the Government of which he was second vice president to dispute the

.

That was exactly a year ago.

The result that everyone knows came on May 4, exactly 50 days later, but on May 15, with his departure from

, Iglesias outlined how his replacement should be in United We Can: Yolanda Díaz would assume the Second Vice Presidency of the Government and the

voice

in the Council of Ministers, while Ione Belarra would take the portfolio of Social Rights.

Months later she was elected general secretary of

.

Since then, United We Can traverse an uncertain path without concrete direction.

After seven years of hyper-leadership and concentration of power in the hands of Iglesias, the coalition opened up to a two-headed model in which, in addition, the leader of the confederal space not only did not belong to the party with the most weight in the conglomerate, but her profile was more suited to that of an independent.

Yolanda Díaz, over time, announced her intention to launch her own political platform in which the role that Podemos would play has always been a mystery.

But the lack of specification of both deadlines and the form of her idea have undermined the initial power of the project.

However, the vice president has in mind launching her presidential career through a "listening process" that will start in a matter of days and that she will combine with her ministerial activity.

A step forward that coincides with the moment of maximum tension between Díaz and the leadership of Podemos as a result of the shipment of weapons to

.

According to Podemos, Sánchez transmitted to Ione Belarra and Irene Montero his intention not to send offensive weapons bilaterally to the Ukrainian resistance.

The change in the president's position -in tune with all the European partners- irritated Podemos, even more so when Yolanda Díaz distanced herself from the

mark and closed ranks with the president after recognizing the legitimate right to defense of the Ukrainian people.

Two positions -of the PSOE and of what is called to be the future leader of the confederal space- that left Podemos alone and cornered the party at a time when Sánchez has achieved presence and harmony in the

and

, and has signed an image of cohesion with all the regional presidents against the war.

Will the departure of Podemos break relations with the PSOE or with Díaz?

From the

party they discard both extremes and assume the cost that it would have to break either of the two assumptions.

The first of them was the one that was closest, but at the beginning of the crisis.

At the end of January, Podemos warned the PSOE of its refusal to participate as part of NATO in a hypothetical conflict and drew the red line in the “repetition of a new photo of the

”.

The military and defense policy endangered the stability of the Government, but once the war broke out, the voice of Podemos in the Government has been diluted, and the only leader with some decision-making power is Díaz, who occupies the only

seat of the 17 that make up the

.

Yes, they are expected to play a more prominent role in relation to the refugee reception process, as Ione Belarra holds the Social Rights portfolio.

If breaking with the PSOE is highly unlikely, doing so with Díaz is unthinkable.

In Podemos they recognize the differences and limit them to normal divergences, normally framed in the communicative format of the vice president.

But they reiterate that Díaz's broad front "is the only path" that Podemos has left, although to do so he must renounce his brand.

Is the second vice president the right candidate?

In Podemos they have no doubt.

Will the purples claim a high quota at the top of the list of their new project?

Be quiet.

Díaz will also have to "listen" to her sector in the

.

Yolanda Díaz, in Chile with Gabriel Boric.

AND THE SUCCESSOR WITH BORIC.

last weekend

to attend the inauguration of the new president,

, with whom she had a friendly meeting in which they discussed the experience of government in

and social and labor matters.

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