IU agrees to participate in the European elections together with Sumar, but distances itself from the governing bodies

The federal coordinator of United Left has decided to accept the offer of Add for the European elections and will take fourth place on the joint list along with other progressive forces, although he believes this is not the position he deserves, party sources said.

It remains to be seen what impact this crisis will have on the CAV: the only seat Sumar won last Sunday in the Basque Parliament elections is that of IU representative Jon Hernández Hidalgo, for Álava. The IU leadership blamed “the poor results” on the divisions and the “inability” of Yolanda Díaz’s coalition to bring together the space of the confederal left.

The highest executive body of the IU met yesterday and, after much consideration, confirms that its main candidate and current MEP, Manu Pineda, will join the candidacy led by Estrella Galán for the Sumar quota, despite the fact that a sector of the training embodied in federations such as Madrid and Valencia defended rejecting their participation in these elections with Sumar. However, they agreed will not participate in directing for the time being of Sumar until the internal debate is held on the relationship it will maintain with the formation defended by Díaz.

Last night, IU sent the militants a letter informing them of the decision to accept Sumar’s proposal and emphasizing that Pineda’s fourth place does not satisfy them, although pointing out that the left “does not deserve more division and demoralization in the current moment of reactionary behavior.” progress across Europe”.