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The President of the Government believes that the left-wing electorate must be given certainty about the solidity of the coalition in order to have the possibility of renewing power after the general elections that will be held next year.

Despite the doubts generated by the vice president, Pedro Sánchez has no doubts that "Yolanda Díaz will reach the elections", as he assured in an informal conversation with journalists during his tour of the Balkans.

Sánchez's words are framed within the climate of tension unleashed between the leaders of Podemos and Yolanda Díaz on account of the platform that she promotes apart from the former.

Díaz presented Sumar at the beginning of last month in a great act at the

without the presence of the purple party's command panel because, according to her general secretary, Ione Belarra, they had expressly requested it.

After the Andalusian elections, where the confrontation between the supporters of Díaz, grouped around the United Left, and Podemos put the joint candidacy at serious risk, animosity has skyrocketed.

So much so that the purple high command has initiated a purge in the Executive of the positions affiliated with IU.

Some sacred cows of

are not saved from it , such as Irene Montero's chief of staff,

, and the general secretary of the PCE,

, dependent on the Ministry of Ione Belarra.

Upon the dismissal of the latter, Diaz's great support in the Government and in his relationship with Podemos, Yolanda Díaz made statements in which she ruled out presenting Sumar candidacies for the municipal and regional elections.

She and even she left it up to the air to be in time for the 2023 generals.

For Sánchez, it is important that the coalition government "arrives united at the end of the legislature, because it means that the two forces understand each other."

This would also launch "a positive signal for the future because it means that the two leftist forces understand each other."

The socialist leader has publicly expressed on more than one occasion his displeasure that the differences between the coalition are "highlighted", in clear reproach to the leaders of Podemos.

The PP, "ahead" in the polls

However, the reflection of the general secretary of the PSOE before the journalists was in a more conciliatory tone.

Sánchez expressed "his sympathy for him" with all the ministers of the coalition's little brother, because they have gone through "extreme situations."

At the time, he recognized that the PP was clearly "ahead" in the polls and it was time to make an effort "to turn around" the trend.

In the president's opinion, the differences between Ione Belarra and Díaz are not insurmountable and he attributed the tension to the negotiations of Podemos within the second vice president's political proposal.

Sánchez believes that a new victory for the left in 2023 would end "with the governance crisis" in which, in his opinion, the Popular Party "put Spain in 2015."

In his speech, the president does not assume any responsibility for said instability after the 2018 motion of censure.

Sources from

abounded, after the talk, that the Government is focused on "being strong and with a parliamentary majority" to give "a fair response to events."

The important thing, in his opinion, is that citizens perceive that the Government is working to protect “the middle classes and transform Spain.

For the country to move forward.

For the majority”.

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