Sumar’s spokesman, Ernest Urtasun, has assured that they are “noticing a lack of ambition” in the PSOE that “surprises” them. In an interview in Hoy por Hoy, Urtasun has sent a clear message: “while we seek other support, we ask the PSOE to sit down and seriously negotiate a progressive government.”
Although he has assured that “there will be a secure coalition government”, Sumar’s spokesman has criticized a “lack of ambition of the PSOE” with “insufficient” proposals. Specifically, Urtasun has criticized the “excessive lack of specificity” of the Socialists and has warned that they must “go with a concrete, detailed and ambitious progressive government program”.
The MEP has not detailed specific proposals, and has explained that “today, the problem – of the PSOE – is one of methodology.”
Through the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Héctor Gómez, the socialist party has responded to the words of the Sumar spokesman. “The PSOE has demonstrated its enormous bravery, courage and daring in a difficult context”, the minister assured.
Gómez has defended that the socialist party is “a serious State party” and that it has more than demonstrated “what it is capable of with the recipe of prudence, moderation and discretion.” “The rights do not add up and our obligation is to work to have a government of continuity that applies progressive policies,” he added.
Urtasun is aware that to revalidate the coalition government they need the support of various political parties. In this sense, he has stated that “I don’t think anyone is thinking of an electoral repetition that no one would understand and with an increasingly radicalized Vox.” In addition, he has invited the rest of the forces to “put the maximum political capital so that this negotiation goes well.”
Regarding the negotiations with the Catalan independence parties, Sumar’s spokesman has not defined his party’s position regarding a possible amnesty, although he is in favor of “that the agreement that comes out of the dialogue table, there be a vote in Catalonia”. He has also assured that it seems “logical” to them that ERC and Junts can have their own parliamentary group.
Finally, Urtasun has distanced Sumar from the fight to preside over Congress after Batet’s resignation to return to the presidency of the table. “The party from the progressive bloc that has the most votes has the legitimacy to preside over it,” he assured.
In addition, he has not ruled out that the nationalist parties may have a position at the table. “It must be an agreement made by all, they must be part of the agreement,” she concluded.
