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The launch of the candidacy of Yolanda Díaz was expected news in La Moncloa and in the PSOE. The Socialists had been looking at the calendar for months, because they considered that the second vice president was late with her political project and, above all, to know how the struggle of Sumar with Podemos was developing. They know in the presidential complex that their options of fighting the right happen because there are no more than two leftist candidacies. The lack of understanding between Díaz and the purples worries and worries the socialist sector. In La Moncloa, as was seen in the failed motion of censure, they bet on Díaz. And in a subtle way, they pressure Podemos to join Sumar.

In La Moncloa and the PSOE celebrate the launch of Sumar. "It is good news that the political forces located to the left of the PSOE are organized and go united," applauded the Minister of the Presidency, Felix Bolaños. But then comes the message to Podemos: "It would be even better news if all the forces to the left of the PSOE were united, without exception. That would be our wish."

The message is clear. Podemos was the only party that was not present at the launch of Díaz's candidacy. The second vice president and the purples did not reach an understanding to seal the peace. The muscle of Podemos in this new political project and the holding of primaries, which is nothing more than the configuration of the lists, sowed tension and disagreement in the relationship. Something that is not to the liking of the PSOE, which knows the need not to fragment the vote more because it is transcendental to raise a battle between blocks of two to two: PSOE and Sumar on the left; and PP and Vox on the right.

"Yesterday was a day for progressive voters to have the illusion that there will be one more legistlarua of social advances by the hand of Pedro Sánchez," Bolaños said. In the next general elections it will be decisive which political formation occupies the third place: Sumar or Vox.

Both La Moncloa and the PSOE avoid publicly entering into the internal struggle between Díaz and Podemos, but their preferences are clear. In the purple formation, in fact, they are convinced that the Socialists have taken sides clearly and that is evident not only in the impulse they have given to Díaz but also in facts such as the veto to the presence of Minister Ione Belarra at the press conference of the Council of Ministers to present the Family Law. That explains why in recent days, Podemos has increased the burden of attacks on the PSOE.

On the other hand, since Díaz took over from Pablo Iglesias, the PSOE has never hidden that they feel more comfortable with Díaz's way of doing. They believe that they work better and there is greater understanding. But, yes, they know that it is surely vital that Podemos is present in that political project to try to retain La Moncloa.

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