The negotiations between Sumar and Compromís to close an agreement to participate together in the European elections on June 8 continue. The two formations will speed up the deadlines – this Thursday at 5:00 p.m. the Valencians have an executive to validate a hypothetical agreement and approve the primary process to elect their candidate – with the hope of reaching an agreement that will satisfy both formations and does not provoke a crisis with unpredictable consequences in the so-called plurinational left.
At the moment, and despite continuous contacts, an agreement seems distant. However, the possibility of reaching an agreement is by no means ruled out, since the debate revolves above all around the position that the person elected in the Compromís primaries should occupy on the list. The Valencians insist on the ‘number 3’, as they understand that other groups that are in Sumar have already obtained more income and positions of responsibility. However, Compromís sources point out that, although Yolanda Díaz’s team has improved the offer, the place offered to them “is not an exit.”
Furthermore, although it is an issue that is not generating so much friction, it has not been possible to close an agreement regarding the distribution of the economic resources and subsidies that the candidacy can generate.
This Wednesday, despite the fact that there was a more formal meeting between the negotiating teams, “barely any progress was made”, so everything is trusted to what may happen in the hours prior to the call of the Compromís executive. The Secretary of Organization of Més Compromís, Amparo Piquer, and those responsible for Organization of the Initiative, Sergi Tomàs, and Els Verds; Natxo Serra, are the ones who are carrying the weight of contacts with the Sumar team led by Josep Vendrell, one of Yolanda Díaz’s most trusted people.
The nationalists of Més Compromís defend the need to carry their order to the end – or on the 3rd a plan B will be activated with other small sister regionalist formations -, while in Initiative (the party once led by Mónica Oltra) they ask ” do not put red lines” and they emphasize that the negotiation is much more than the number and that also “we must think about the European political context and the specific policies that we want to develop.”
For their part, at Sumar they are optimistic and confident of reaching an agreement. All in all, it does not seem that this agreement will have much progress beyond the European ones, since what has happened in recent months and in these latest negotiations has generated more mistrust than loyalty between Yolanda Díaz’s party and Compromís. In this context, the number of militants and leaders who are committed to a solo journey of Compromís after the European elections is increasing.
