Only forty days have passed since the regional and municipal elections held on 28 May, and a new election campaign, the general election campaign, has already started. These elections at 28M were in the interests of the People’s Party, which, in the case of the Valencian Community, reclaimed the Presidency of the Generalitat Valenciana and commanded three provincial capitals alongside Elche and others. major municipalities in the state. The popular are facing new appointments in the runoff to predict regional change at the provincial level and make Alberto Núñez Feijóo head of Government. Faced with this, starting with polls against him, the PSOE will try to reverse the polls, retain power and get Pedro Sánchez to continue at La Moncloa.
The time since 28M was determined by deals where PP and Vox will lead the Community of Valencia, Extremadura and the Balearic Islands, which adds to the already existing agreement between the popular and ultras in Castilla y León. , to the margin of other negotiations, such as in Murcia. In the government posts announced by both entities, there is no reference to gender violence, the rights of the LGTBI collective, or the climate emergency; Santiago Abascal, who aspires to be a determinant in the Central Government. In the space to the left of the PSOE, who took over from Podemos, the Sumar coalition, led by Yolanda Díaz, who presented itself with Compromís in the Valencian Community, emerged as a new hero.
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As in the 28M elections, the balance of power between the right and left blocs seems to be decisive once again. Popular ones are presented as favourites, but the impact of their relationship with Vox on polls is one of the big unknowns that needs to be clarified on July 23. The PP will continue to target President Sánchez during the election campaign, recognizing the wear and tear it has dragged on from his years in power. Another of their claims is to ask for helpful votes to avoid sticking to Vox deals. All this for Feijóo to complete the change initiated by Carlos Mazón, who will be sworn in as president next week in the Valencian Community.
From the left, apart from the warning of the danger of populist policies, the progress made in administration and social issues in recent years is displayed. All that said, in the mid-summer election, when the majority of the population is on vacation, and the parties resort to mobilizing their voters, where the undecideds try to win the vote, the people in the Community of Valencia, by estimates of more than a million, are likely to be decisive again.
photo shoot
Before the campaign started, INFORMACIÓN brought together a number in the state, which was an appointment that the famous Macarena Montesinos could not attend because she was affected by covid, and requested from them, for a photo shoot in Congress and the Senate. They come with an object representing the demands they will bring to the Parliament.
“We are a winning government party and have done a lot for this country in recent years,” said Alejandro Soler, head of the list for Alicante at the PSOE Congress. The socialist provincial secretary also defends the “progressive majority” against “the risk of revolution in this country represented by the right and the far right”. He believes that the scenario drawn by Soler will serve as an incentive to awaken the socialist voters, especially those who did not go to the polls on 28 May.
In a similar vein to Soler, the number one candidate for the Senate for the PSOE, Ana Martínez presents the election as an opportunity to choose between “a rights-advancing Spain and a socially declining Spain.” This retreat, he thinks, is staged in “agreements at the regional and municipal levels”. Martínez claims “social policies” and points out that “it’s easy to get back to equal rights as a woman”.
Macarena Montesinos, chairman of the congressional popular list, attacks the “ninguneo” that the Sánchez government subordinates the province to, despite being absent from the session, leaving the province last in the General State Budgets and the Tagus-Segura transfer. “The state has already said on 28M that it wants a change because the Government has humiliated and mistreated him. The people of Alicante voted to end financial pressure and not put a stick in the wheels of private enterprise,” adds Montesinos.
With Mazón on the verge of being sworn in as regional president, Eva Ortiz, the popular number one in the Senate, bets Feijóo in La Moncloa with a PP duo: “We need people who cut taxes and make citizens’ lives easier. at the end of the month and that they do not allow the approval of laws like the only yes is yes that leaves rapists on the street ».
Future
With a view to being decisive in building the next Government, from Vox at the top of the list to Congress, David Martínez believes 23J “Spain’s future is at stake”. The Ultras point to their aim “to overthrow Sánchez and change the policies that lead to the destruction of the country”. “With both PSOE and PP, the state is at the cutting edge of financing and productive sectors like agriculture, fisheries or industry are under attack,” says Martínez, who has her eye on Alicante.
The far-right is demanding more water supplies for the Alicante countryside. She does this through her number one in the Senate, Irene Lisarte. “This country needs a radical change of direction to return to prosperity and sovereignty. We believe that change will happen, with Lisarte in a speech where he bet that Vox results are consistent after what was reflected in the 28M surveys.
Finally, the Sumar coalition considers 23 July to be a “new phase” for Spain. That’s what Txema Guijarro, president of the congress list, endorsed. “We live in uncertain times around the world, and we propose that we face new challenges through collective action. We are clear that if we act individually, we will all fall,” Guijarro explains.
Finally, ex-minister Manuel Alcaraz is number one in the left-wing coalition in the Senate. The Sumar representative believes that the election rush made it necessary to structure the candidacy in “record time”. According to Alcaraz, polls in the past few days, during which progressive forces have seen a rally, determine that “Sumar fulfilled his obligation to contribute to the votes that would allow the building of a left-wing majority.”