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going to be the candidate. And Santiago Abascal is not Albert Rivera , nor Rosa Díez . Rivera is a likable boy, he speaks well and clearly and has made his party and its message known in the media. Is Ortega Lara going to do that? No. Abascal? Neither. He does not have the pull, nor the strength, nor the charisma of Rivera or Díez,” these sources assure. Regarding the announced entry of Alejo Vidal Quadras on the Vox lists for the European elections, the PP thinks that Vidal Cuadras' situation is not easy. “He is vice president of the European Parliament for the PP. It would be frowned upon for him to leave Parliament now. What are you going to do next? Defend Vox's message four days after leaving the PP to return to Parliament? And why doesn't he do it already? "They ask. “In addition, he does not have enough friends in the media to allow him to sell his message as he believes.” Message and financing The lack of a charismatic leader is compounded by problems with the message launched by the new party . The idea that has sold the most is to eliminate the autonomous communities . “To say that, at this point in the century we are in, is crazy. This is an unrealizable, utopian proposal . That is a process as complicated as any of the others that other parties have put on the table,” say the popular ones.
From the PP leadership they focus on another important aspect: financing . “It is one thing to go on television and give a press conference, and then the media picks up those statements. But then you have to run an electoral campaign, spend money on rallies, posters....” “Financing is usually obtained based on the income you are going to obtain for the number of votes you are going to get. And Vox has nothing right now, no Phone Number List reference, nothing, no expectation to get a significant amount of money that will allow it to run a good campaign,” these sources emphasize. a seat According to ECD, Vox could get a seat in the May elections . “To get a deputy you need around 450,000 or 500,000 votes in Spain. There are many votes. It is not so easy to reach that figure for a new party without a leader, without a message, and without money,” they insist from the PP. From the popular ranks they do not fear that there will be many 'actives' of the party who will go to Abascal's new formation. “The PP is too big. To abandon something as safe as these acronyms, something more than an adventure as risky as Vox is needed .”In addition, he will give assurances that his Government will not grant any prison benefits to gunmen who do not show remorse for their crimes.
The president will be accompanied in Vitoria by 'heavy weights' of the party in the Basque Country. In addition to Arantza Quiroga , the presence of the PP spokesperson in Congress, Alfonso Alonso, and also a minister is expected . Mari Mar Blanco will defend the anti-terrorist policy In addition to these leaders, the sources consulted confirm that Mari Mar Blanco, president of the Foundation for Victims of Terrorism , will also attend the February event in the Basque Country. The intention is for Miguel Ángel Blanco's sister to defend the Government's anti-terrorist policy there. The former regional deputy of the PP will express herself in these terms today, Friday, during her speech at the Convention of the Popular Party of Catalonia. As ECD has learned, in his speech, entitled ' Memory, dignity and justice' , Blanco will assure that Mariano Rajoy, and the rest of the Executive, "have always defended the victims and their rights." The Government and PP consider Mari Mar Blanco's support “vital”. In fact, as reported in these pages , prominent party leaders in Genoa have conveyed to Rajoy and Cospedal the convenience of including it on the lists for the European elections , as a gesture towards the victims' groups. Fear of the advance of UPyD and Vox The emergence of a party like Vox, whose visible faces are Santiago Abascal and Ortega Lara , has put the PP on alert. There is also concern about UPyD's approach to the victims, with the presence in that party of the aforementioned Maite Pagazaurtundua and Consuelo Ordóñez. The Popular Party recognizes that this trend could take its toll on them in the next Strasbourg Parliament elections , and that is why they want to take measures as soon as possible. In addition to the event in the Basque Country with the presence of Mariano Rajoy, in Genoa they are preparing an entire argument on the fight against ETA carried out by the Government, which will be repeated ad nauseam, both at the party's National Convention in Valladolid and in the campaign for the Europeans .
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