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Podemos leader Ione Belarra; the also leader of the party, Irene Montero, and the spokesman of the formation in Congress, Pablo Echenique, have launched a message of confidence and encouragement about the party after the bad results in the regional and municipal elections of May 28 and facing the general elections of July 23.

"We have lost a battle, but not the war," Belarra said in a publication on his Twitter profile, in which he called it a "historical anomaly" that a political force like his has "reached the Government of Spain in ten years."

In this sense, the also Minister of Social Rights and Agenda 2030 recalled that since its foundation "Podemos has looked at the established power without fear, willing to transform everything".

For his part, Montero has applauded that "sometimes under a radiant sun" and "most of the time under a moonless night", Podemos has been "always in a team and always pushing a more feminist, fairer, with rights, more democratic country". "We always go out to win, and when we do not get it, we try again," said the Minister of Equality.

Echenique has also shared Belarra's message and stressed that Podemos is not "a consultancy, nor an image cabinet, nor an anecdote." "We are the Spanish rebellion, we are the red and purple thread that runs through history, we are the ones who have achieved more than anyone else in 40 years, we are the ones who make mistakes but never make the wrong side," he said.

Podemos is in contact with Sumar, the formation promoted by the second vice president Yolanda Díaz, to achieve an agreement on a unity candidacy for the general elections of July 23.

The contacts extend to formations such as Podemos, IU, En Comú Podem and Alianza Verde (which are part of the current space of Unidas Podemos) and to other external parties such as Compromís, Más Madrid-Más País, Chunta aragonesista, Drago project, Verdes Equo, Batzarre or Movement for Dignity and Citizenship (MDyC), among others. The electoral regulations mark that the coalitions are registered on June 9, so this week is decisive to forge the unity of the left.

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