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An exotic (and indecipherable) portrait of the King presides over the staircase that gives access to the noble area of the Palacio de Cibeles. Since the morning of 29-M, with the sweet electoral hangover, José Luis Martínez-Almeida completes that journey, step by step, meditating brushstrokes of his next government team. The master lines navigate in your brain. No one on the fourth floor claims to know anything about his plans for that second term, the first alone. After a weekend of disconnection in the north of Spain, with stops in Santander and Bilbao, and with a final stroke in the Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas, next to that female face that has taken covers, Almeida simmers that new helm that will nourish with the 29 councilors of its absolute majority. An organizational chart surrounded by secrecy and (almost) orphaned of certainties. That's why it's time to play a few days with some reflections.

INMA SANZ, DEPUTY MAYOR AND...

Almeida's embrace with Inma Sanz and Borja Carabante on 28-M, in the office of Alfonso Serrano at the headquarters of the PP, goes beyond a simple show of occasional affection. Sanz has been confirmed as the next deputy mayor, so she will succeed Begoña Villacís. And although those gallons do not prevent executive work, they do suggest that the Emergency and Security Area, which it has occupied since 2019, will pass into other hands. Neither Villacís nor Marta Higueras, deputy mayor with Carmena, to put the two closest cases, had in their hands any area of Government. In a way, they are incompatible with that charge. It would not be so much, however, the spokesperson who has also been exercising in the previous legislature. That double profile could fit with number two.

THE WEIGHT OF CARABANTE

It would be understandable that, after the hustle and bustle that Carabante has lived as delegate of Mobility and Environment, with traffic, pollution, Bicimad, the cleaning cantons and everything that splashes the EMT, having been a target of the opposition, he demanded a little calm and tranquility. However, that personal link with the mayor, and that desire to stay in the focus of municipal management, can lead him to another of the Areas with more weight (Security and Emergencies? Economy and Employment?). The two hands of the mayor will occupy a privileged place in his imminent sketch in Cibeles.

RIVERA BY LEVY

Few doubt that Marta Rivera de la Cruz, Minister of Culture, Tourism and Sports for four years with Ayuso, and number three on the list, will be made with that same council in the City Council. Rivera, independent after leaving Ciudadanos, would succeed Andrea Levy, whose future, put to let the imagination fly, could pass through the presidency of the Plenary. Although the figure of Borja Fanjul, very close to the councilor, who has carried out that task since 2019, would require a relocation.

Marta Rivera de la Cruz, during an act. WORLD

COUNSELORS IN ACTION

A priori, the directors changed Sol for Cibeles to play a role in the Executive. And in the case of Carlos Izquierdo, number six, he could perfectly pass through the Area of Families, Equality and Social Welfare, which until now was headed by Pepe Aniorte, signed from Ciudadanos, but who ranked 31st. Izquierdo was an advisor of that area in the Community, during the Government of Cifuentes (2015-18). Although he also held the Environment portfolio, today of Carabante, but tomorrow... An unknown is the fate of David Pérez, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure in the last two years, and Housing, between 2019 and 2021. Álvaro González (11) has been the holder of that last area until now.

THE MAGNIFYING GLASS IN URBANISM

The disappearance of Citizens leaves sweets as the Area of Urban Development (also Economy and Employment), vital in the next legislature for that reform of urban regulations that is a priority. That, logically, will make Almeida bet as successor of Mariano Fuentes for someone of maximum confidence. There are specific projects such as the Ermita del Santo that are still in the process of cooking.

THE CHILD'S CYCLE

And from that decomposition of the orange formation springs the name of Angel Niño, signing of the PP in the spring market. Being number 25 on the list and his work in the Innovation Area during the last four years, with a few issues in the sector still to be defined, could keep him with that same responsibility for another four years.

Ángel Niño, during a plenary session.EUROPA PRESS

DISTRICT PRESIDENTS

If what Almeida drew in his lists is fulfilled, the popular presidents of each district would be the responsible councilors. The objective was with the existing dysfunctions in the Consistory. This would imply that, for example, Carlos Izquierdo (6) would be the Councilor President of Carabanchel. Or Carlos Segura (8), from Centro. Or Nacho Pezuela (14) from Moratalaz. All would be defined, provided that the parameters for which the municipal payroll was designed are met.

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