Express Analysis | In search of a revulsion against the trend shown by the surveys
This Saturday, the multifragmented space on the left of the PSOE is trying to find a solution to the discouraging data shown by the polls and the loss of representation that has already manifested itself at the polls after the regional elections in Extremadura and Aragón. The latest 40dB barometer. for EL PAÍS and Cadena SER, it consolidates the upward trend of Vox, which already stands at 18% of the vote estimate and is the political formation that has risen the most since the 2023 general elections (5.5 percentage points), while Sumar, which then ran in coalition with Podemos, would lose 6.4 points and the formation led by Ione Belarra would barely obtain 3.5% of the ballots.
At this Saturday’s event, designed to launch an image of unity against the advance of the right and the extreme right, the Ministers of Health, Mónica García (Más Madrid); Culture, Ernest Urtasun (Comunes) and Youth and Children, Sira Rego (IU), as well as the MM spokesperson in the capital’s City Council, Rita Maestre, and the leaders of Izquierda Unida, Antonio Maíllo, and Movimiento Sumar, Lara Hernández. Yolanda Díaz, who was the candidate for that space in 2023, will not attend. Nor does anyone from Podemos, which rejects an alliance: “Four brave deputies from Podemos are worth more than five ministers from Sumar,” Belarra has declared.
