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In the PSOE there is a "real concern" that the 8-M demonstration could make its delegation of representatives go through some "unpleasant situation" in the form of a "protest" against the Government of Pedro Sánchez.

Although officially it is about minimizing this fear, in private several sources acknowledge that the "tempers are heated" both by the usual critical sector of United We Can, especially tense this year as a result of the reform of the law of only yes is

, as of the classic feminists, who "are very angry" about the Trans Law.

Pablo Iglesias has contributed to raising the temperature prior to the protest march on

after warning the socialists that "let's see what they find" this Wednesday in the streets of Madrid.

These words have fallen like a bomb on the Ferraz street party, where its spokesperson, Pilar Alegría, has responded to the former vice president that the least that is asked of someone who "has had such important responsibilities" is "prudence and respect". .

Despite the latent tension, in the PSOE they do not contemplate that anything similar to an ambush could take place against their representatives.

In fact, up to eight ministers will be holding the banner this afternoon: Nadia Calviño, head of Economic Affairs;

María Jesús Montero, Minister of Finance;

Diana Morant, Science;

Carolina Darias, Health;

Isabel Rodríguez, Territorial Policy;

Pilar Llop, Justice;

Raquel Sánchez, Transportation;

and Reyes Maroto, Industry.

«8-M is a claim that was born socialist, but that today includes all women.

And so it should remain.

But above all, it is not possible to try to corner the party that founded the movement and whose stamp is on all the advances of the rights of women in this country, "say PSOE sources consulted by this newspaper.

In this latent context of tension, Sánchez does not plan to attend the institutional act for International Women's Day organized by the

, as he has done in previous years.

The absence of it comes to shore up the unprecedented distance between the two coalition partners, who yesterday voted divided the start of the parliamentary process to modify the law of

.

Over the last few weeks, and with more emphasis in recent days, from the ranks of Podemos they have urged feminists to "defend" during today's demonstration the law of only yes is yes against the "counter-reform"

the PSOE.

Although in Ferraz the threat from Iglesias felt especially bad, it was the Minister of Equality who first used the streets as a method of pressure on the majority group of the Government.

The ministers Ione Belarra and Irene Montero in 2022.A.

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She did it in a feminist forum, with an auditorium full of like-minded people, in which Irene Montero warned that women have to continue pushing from civil society to maintain the "conquered" advances.

«We must continue defending those rights once the laws are published in the

because if we are not always at risk of taking steps back and we cannot afford to take a single step back with the consent in the center of the

and in all the progress we are making," he stressed.

"Feminist conquests"

The Minister for Equality introduced a second message with intention in this appeal: the importance of "agreement" among feminists, especially "if someone needs it" because "the reaction" to the advances "is heavy."

Yesterday Podemos also used the Congress rostrum to launch that notice to the PSOE.

"We are going to defend the feminist conquests here and in the streets," said deputy

, during the debate on the reform of the

.

She then raised her tone to reiterate that objective: "We are not going to allow it, neither here nor in the streets."

The fear of a hostile reception is also fueled, in addition to the statements by Podemos, by the absolutely critical position of the organizers of the demonstration in which the PSOE will participate.

The

, which organizes this march, is aligned with the

party and has positioned itself in its trenches against the socialist reform, which it disdains as a setback in women's rights.

"We are not going to consent to anything that is a step backwards" in the "paradigm shift" that places consent at the center, assured one of its spokespersons, Arantxa López, who criticized the PSOE's focus on "

" in instead of "in the aggressors and in proving whether there has been consent or not".

Although the PSOE fears that there could be cries or critical banners to be seen, no one imagines a scenario even similar to the one suffered by Ciudadanos in the

march , when their government pacts with Vox unleashed an escrache that caused them to leave in haste.

This 8-M there are two opposing demonstrations: the "lifelong" one, in which the PSOE and Podemos participate, and the one by feminists critical of Irene Montero's policies and who demand her resignation due to trans laws or the "botch » of

.

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