Vox and the PP, separated only by a Guadalquivir bridge

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For almost seven centuries, the only way to cross the Guadalquivir river in Seville to reach the suburb of Triana was the boat bridge, built precisely on the basis of boats linked by chains on top of which two wooden walkways were placed.

It was not until 1852 when Queen Elizabeth II inaugurated the first fixed bridge, which still exists today, an iron bridge that spans the

that separate the center of Seville from one of its most unique neighbourhoods, a true

.

That bridge, baptized with the name of the monarch under whose reign ended, is the same one that this Friday separated the

rallies of the two main right-wing parties that are running for next Sunday's elections.

The Popular Party, which aspires to continue four more years in the San Telmo Palace (preferably alone) and Vox, determined at all costs to sit at the Governing Council table, asked for the vote just 900 meters away, the the first on the shore closest to the historic center and the second in the heart of Triana, on San Jacinto street.

Ten minutes, eleven at most, are enough to cover the path that separated the two formations in this epilogue of the campaign, but rarely can ten minutes seem so eternal and 900 meters an

almost insurmountable

... at least until the results of next Sunday are known.

Because despite the

-the sound of one rally could almost be heard from the other-, the PP has made a lot of effort in this campaign -and until a minute before midnight on the day of reflection- to enlarge the distance that separates him from Vox to ensure that even the socialist voters of other elections choose the Popular Party ballot the day after tomorrow.

The President of the Board, Juanma Moreno, aspires to continue being so without crossing the Guadalquivir or stepping on the bridge of a

with Vox, which could be more like a bridge of boats subjected to the comings and goings of the water than the bridge of iron that this night of the end of the campaign brought the two parties closer and further apart.

Juanma Moreno, at the Salt Pier in Seville this Friday. EUROPA PRESS

Without the national leader, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, who said goodbye to the campaign this Thursday, Moreno has been the

of the last great electoral act of the Andalusian PP, the same as he has been during these two weeks with the intention of making it clear that no one else is in charge here and that Andalusian politics is decided, as far as the PP is concerned, in Andalusia.

Moreno closed the meeting appealing, once again,

because "nothing has been achieved, nothing is done, nothing is certain" and calling for "making an effort."

The PP-A leader was direct and warned against the temptation to flee to the beaches on Sunday and "be trapped in the caravan" on the way back.

First, before going to the beach, he asked, you have to go vote.

Likewise, he has sent a message to the

, who could opt for the seats in dispute in the provinces and move away or bring the government alone, without Vox, to the PP, which they long for.

To them, including those who in other electoral appointments voted for the PSOE, he asked them "to lend us their votes, there is no other time."

What is decided on Sunday, it has affected, is "advance or

" and the PP is the only party "in a position to lead that change", he asserted, referring to the management experience.

"When I look to the left and to the right, I don't see a project, a team or a dream," he said without expressly mentioning Vox at any time.

Vox, which has harassed the PP in this campaign to enter San Telmo hand in hand, has resorted to its

, Santiago Abascal, who monopolized almost all the prominence in the final act of a campaign whose weight has been directly assumed above all in the last week and to the detriment of the candidate for the Presidency of the Board, Macarena Olona.

The Vox candidate, Macarena Olona, ​​with the party leader, Santiago Abascal, in the Plaza del Altozano in Seville. EUROPA PRESS

Once again, Olona appeared before his audience under the

of Abascal and with the most popular claim of the radical right-wing party, the former prison official kidnapped by ETA José Antonio Ortega Lara, who founded Vox in 2014 together with Abascal himself. and that, since then, he has been reducing his public appearances.

But this Friday,

has made an exception to give his express support to Olona, ​​whom he has presented as the best possible candidate not only for the vice-presidency of the Board, but for the presidency of the community.

The candidate for the Board has repeated

that she has launched throughout the campaign, assuring that "Vox is a threat to those plugged in and to the corrupt UGT and CCOO unions" or to "illegal immigrants."

At the same time, she has again taken out the "chainsaw" with which she, she says, will reach the Board.

"Do not settle for

, you already know where it leads", he warned after criticizing Moreno or pulling victimhood by stating that "they are throwing me out of town at times", in reference to his registration in Salobreña (Granada).

Abascal, with whom he has merged into a hug, recalled that in that same place, next to the Plaza del Altozano, they managed to gather no more than fifty people seven years ago "and even threw stones at us."

The leader of Vox has called for the vote and to be "more ambitious" due to "an obligation to Spain" and has attacked

that, he has stated, "have tried to bring misinformation and discouragement."

But, he has added, "they always fail".

to Moreno addressed to the other bank of the Guadalquivir

has not been lacking .

"While some say that they alone, we extend the hand".

Although, yes, he has specified that for "a real and profound change".

the battle of seville

If the PP and Vox have been separated tonight by a bridge and barely a kilometer, not much greater is the (physical) distance that the PSOE has put in between to request, for the last time, the vote in these elections in which its candidate, Juan Espadas, is exposed to go down in history with the

of his party in Andalusian elections, below those achieved by Susana Díaz, which was already a disaster.

While Moreno appealed for the useful vote at the Muelle de la Sal, Swords and the President of the Government and Secretary General of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez, did it 20 minutes on foot, who is also at stake, and a lot, in these elections that have an evident

.

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, greets the PSOE candidate, Juan Espadas, at the closing ceremony of the campaign in Seville. EUROPA PRESS

The socialist deployment in Seville is not accidental either, since the entire province has become one of the

most disputed

Not in vain is the hitherto impregnable fiefdom of the Andalusian PSOE, in which the PP has never managed to win and in which the polls now give it the possibility of turning the tables and achieving a victory that would undoubtedly be historic.

Finally, the banks of the Guadalquivir have also been the place chosen by Teresa Rodríguez's party, Adelante Andalucía, to celebrate

the end of the campaign in style and

Despite the fact that he is running for the province of Cádiz, Rodríguez has ended his campaign, in which he has managed to carve out a niche for himself despite the fact that he started

and with very limited resources.

Accompanied by the head of the list of Adelante Andalucía por Sevilla, Maribel Mora, the former leader of Podemos has opted to fight for a seat that some polls give her but that she does not have insurance.

Seville has been the

of the parties and also the one chosen by Ciudadanos, which celebrated its end of the campaign with Juan Marín, Rocío Ruiz and the national president, Inés Arrimadas, in the Bermejales neighborhood.

As for the left-wing coalition with which Rodríguez directly competes, Por Andalucía, his candidate for the Junta, Inma Nieto, closed his campaign

, the province for which he is running, supported by ministers Irene Montero and Alberto Garzón.

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