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Felipe González surprised everyone and everyone by betting on laSexta for a government of concentration between the PP and the PSOE. This idea, however, comes from afar. The former president commented to Rubalcaba, in recent conversations, that the socialists could no longer reach an agreement with CiU and PNV due to their independence movement. In this way, he was betting on a minority government of one of the two major parties with the support of the other. As PSOE leaders very close to Rubalcaba explain to El Confidencial Digital , the general secretary and the former president of the Government have commented, in past conversations, "from one or two months ago", the political panorama in Spain and the rise of political parties. minority groups , which are causing a setback for the PP and the socialists. Felipe González also acknowledged his concern about the change of course taken by nationalist parties, but historically with a State vocation, such as CiU and PNV . The former president commented that, today, the disruptive independence movement that both parties defend makes an agreement with them impossible .
In this electoral scenario, the sources consulted explain, González conveyed to Rubalcaba that, facing the 2015 general elections, the PSOE could not allow itself to govern with the support of the nationalists, taking advantage of the PP's lack of an Phone Number List absolute majority. He considers that pacts like Aznar's with CiU in 1996 “are not possible now because Mas is not Pujol and Convergencia has changed. With this reasoning, the former president did show himself in favor of reaching an agreement with the Popular Party and, in fact, proposed that option as the only way for the PSOE to access the Government. Rubalcaba only sees possible “one-off agreements” Since Felipe González stated in laSexta that he was betting on a government of concentration with the PP , the national leadership of the PSOE, with Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba at the head, has insisted, a thousand times, that “the party is not in that” and that “those types of governability agreements are impossible in Spain.” The secretary general, however, was cautious about the possibility of a coalition with the 'popular'. Rubalcaba, sources from his team explain, “that option is not being considered under any circumstances.” However, the leader of the PSOE did grant González, in the conversations held between the two in the last two months, the possibility that the socialists could reach specific agreements with the PP , if either of the two parties is forced to govern. in minority.
The shooting murder of the president of the León Provincial Council caused great nervousness in the Popular Party. There was fear of a negative effect on the result of the European elections, as occurred in the 2004 general elections with the 11-M attacks. Even President Rajoy received reports from his team of advisors. León's crime was the first murder in Spain of a politician who, for the first time in democracy, has not been related to ETA or any other terrorist organization. This fact drew attention in the PP and, at the same time, set off alarms in the party. As El Confidencial Digital has learned , party leaders expressed their concern about the electoral consequences that the murder could have for the PP. Some sector of the party recalled that two popular activists were involved in the crime and that the murdered woman was also a regional leader. The PP feared that the news could have a negative effect on the party and there would be massive transfers of votes or, directly, a demobilization. The sources consulted by ECD explain that some PP officials were reminded of what happened on March 11, 2004 , when Rajoy lost the general elections against the polls' predictions, after the attack on the Cercanías trains. Rajoy has received reports As sources close to the president confirm to ECD, Mariano Rajoy received in his office in the middle of this week a detailed report on the consequences that the murder of Isabel Carrasco in León could have for the PP.