Sánchez downplays tensions with Sumar: "We have many things in common"

BrusselsPedro Sánchez downplays the tensions with SumarFrom the European summit in Brussels, the Spanish Prime Minister admitted that both coalition partners have "disagreements" because they are "political organizations with different cultures," but that they "have many things in common," such as "the roadmap of progress" that the Moncloa Palace is "implementing." This Friday, both parties will meet urgently at Sumar's request for "radical changes" to the government in light of the proliferation of cases of alleged corruption and sexual harassment within the PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party). The Socialist leader also took the opportunity to defend the role of the Communist Party during the Transition. "In historical terms, the Communist Party was a party that contributed to the fight against the dictatorship," he pointed out. He contrasted this with the role of the Spanish far right and stressed that the Socialists' agreement with Sumar cannot be equated in any way with the Popular Party allying with Vox. "The historical roots of the far right are dictatorship," the Spanish Prime Minister added. In this way, Sánchez has once again stirred up the specter of the extreme right. "We'll see what the growth in the polls for the far right actually looks like when there are elections," the Socialist leader speculated. And, along the same lines, he blamed the People's Party (PP) and the "right-wing media" for its growth, because they have "whitewashed" Vox in recent years.

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