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The hearts of Genoa and Sol do not always beat with the same cadence, but a little more than a month and a half before 28-M all the branches of the Popular Party, organic and institutional, seem to work in a greased and coordinated way. In the formation they boast of "internal tranquility" in the face of the "tripartite" fracture suffered by the government coalition and a stable roadmap, in contrast to the political program offered by Vox, with whom Isabel Díaz Ayuso staged her break recently, a decision applauded by the leadership of the party.

The harmony has been evidenced on this occasion as a result of the interview granted by the president of Madrid to EL MUNDO last week and that was on the cover of the Sunday edition of this newspaper. It coincided with the first anniversary of the arrival of Alberto Núñez Feijóo at the controls of the PP. Ayuso proclaimed that he had no rival at the regional level and asserted that his electoral opponent is Pedro Sánchez.

Do you understand in Genoa your statements as a pulse to the national leadership? The campaign spokesman, Borja Sémper, denied the major on Monday: "We all confront Pedro Sánchez, without a doubt. From the councilor of the smallest town, through all the institutional positions to the president of the party, "he said after calling the interview "great".

Vox has also been a reason for unity in recent dates in the popular bosom. Two weeks ago, the relationship between the two parties entered a new phase following the abstention of the PP in the motion of censure and the immediate break of Ayuso with Rocío Monasterio in the Assembly of Madrid.

Although Feijóo already said he respects and supports the position of the regional president, Sémper showed on Monday that the thaw between the two formations is still distant. The campaign spokesman turned around the qualification that those of Santiago Abascal usually use against the PP and defined Vox as the "cowardly right" for having given "an oxygen ball" to the Government by abstaining last week in the vote on the pension reform.

"Oppose Feijóo"

"They have no political proposal," they point out in the PP. In fact, the main opposition party maintains that both Vox and the formations that make up the Executive form a clamp to "damage the PP and oppose Feijóo", which proves the strength of the popular as a "real alternative" to the Government. "We are not going to stray from our path," Sémper said.

That happens, they believe in Genoa, by going through the obstacle course that the May campaign and the end of the legislature are going to become. In the PP it is surprising, for example, that in the debate on surrogacy opened by the Obregón case, the spotlights point to the leader of the opposition and not to the management of the Executive regarding this matter.

Although days ago there was talk that the PP would be willing to vary its position on this issue and open to regulate it as long as it was altruistic, sources in Genoa deny that there is an internal discussion about surrogacy and affect that this issue is not expected to be addressed before the passage through the December polls. The position of the PP is fixed, therefore, in the conclusions of the Congress held in 2018, which calls for a debate on it "deep, serious and serene".

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  • Alberto Núñez Feijóo
  • Isabel Diaz Ayuso

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