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However, the socialist leader did not say the same a few weeks ago, in a private forum with around twenty journalists, to which José Oneto , Esther Esteban and Esther Jaén belong, for example . This is the Arekuna Forum , chaired by journalist Félix Puebla , and which usually organizes discreet meetings with politicians with the condition of not revealing their content. Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba attended the last of those off-the-record matches in Madrid . As El Confidencial Digital has learned, journalists already asked him at that time about the Government operation of concentration between the PP and the PSOE, which he had begun to talk about in the most powerful offices in Madrid. Rubalcaba's response was clear. “The message he conveyed to those present is that he knew about the operation in progress . He did not find this news new and admitted that, if it were to be raised after the 2015 elections, it would be a matter of governance of the country ,” say sources familiar with the meeting. Country stability “Rubalcaba spoke of this operation as a possible solution to the rise of minority parties, and as a way to guarantee the stability of the country ,” they explain.
He went so far as to say, not verbatim but in other words, that if he agreed with that operation it was not to guarantee that he would be the leader of the PSOE for longer ,” the sources consulted insist. An official spokesperson for the Arekuna Forum has Phone Number List assured ECD that “we cannot give information about the meetings because they are off the record.” Not resounding The information to which ECD has had access confirms what many already know: Rubalcaba was aware of the operation and supported it . He is the candidate that the PP wants for the PSOE, and he is the candidate that the presidents of large national companies also want. As published in this confidential article, they think that Rubalcaba guarantees the stability of the country, at a time complicated by the economic recovery and the Catalan problem, compared to other candidates such as Eduardo Madina or Carme Chacón . This information contrasts with the response that Rubalcaba himself gave on Monday after Felipe González 's statements in La Sexta on Sunday. On Monday, the socialist leader declared himself against this operation, and went so far as to say: "As long as I am general secretary, there will not be a concentration government." The sources consulted by ECD assure that the problem has exploded in Rubalcaba's hands due to González's indiscretion.
This obviously does not suit the PSOE in the middle of the electoral campaign, because it deactivates their vote. Therefore, the most normal thing is that Rubalcaba has a significant anger with Felipe for having said these things in public,” explain socialist sources. In fact, in addition to Rubalcaba himself, the PSOE candidate for the European Parliament, Elena Valenciano , also distanced herself from that possibility. Even Ferraz sources blamed Izquierda Unida for spreading this “rumor” before former President González said it on television.To form a coalition, both have to want it, and we don't want it .” This is how a person close to Mariano Rajoy, to whom El Confidencial Digital has had access, expresses himself . The opinion of the president and his team is that the PP “does not need” at this moment to form a Government like the one led by Merkel in Germany with the opposition, since the absolute majority that Rajoy has allows him to govern with a wide margin . “People forget that the PP has 186 deputies ,” explain the same sources. They insist that Rajoy won the elections only two and a half years ago . “Why now that we have the absolute majority?” , they propose. Those close to the president remember that in July 2012 Spain was on the verge of being intervened and that, at that time, no one proposed forming a great coalition to move the country forward. What Moncloa does not rule out is reaching what are called State pacts .