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In this way, Rufián declines the offer made this week by the former mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau, to act as a unifier of the different lefts by being part of the Broad Front, the candidacy promoted by the Comuns together with IU, Movimiento Sumar, and Más Madrid. #ERC #Podemos #FrenteAmplio (translated)

Gabriel Rufián's decision to head the ERC list for the general elections has shaken up the political landscape of the left in Catalonia, opening the possibility of an unprecedented pact with Podemos and generating tensions within the Broad Front coalition. #ERC #Podemos #FrenteAmplio (translated)

Anuj wrote that he understood Rufián's decision not to lead the left, despite some people feeling betrayed. He argued that taking on that role would have meant leaving his party to head a space marked, as he said, by disputes between Podemos, Sumar, and other parties that had not demonstrated a common project over the past four years. He added that Rufián had faced criticism for exploring new ideological positions on security. Anuj maintained that a united candidacy would hardly have been able to govern and that, after an electoral defeat, the space could fragment again after a month. For this reason, he considered it absurd to sacrifice Rufián in the name of unity. He said the situation would have been different if Sumar, Podemos, and the other parties had shown coexistence and a shared project. #Política #Unidad #Izquierda (translated)

"I am completely willing to help him if he decides, not only to be able to be a candidate for Catalonia, but also to exercise that leadership to unify the left at the state level." Ada Colau has also expressed her support for Rufián to take on that leadership. "I am completely willing to help him if he decides, not only to be able to be a candidate for Catalonia, but also to exercise that leadership to unify the left at the state level," she stated. #ERC #Podem #EleccionesGenerales (translated)

Míriam Nogueras, leader of Junts, has indicated that Gabriel Rufián is facing difficulties deciding whether to support Catalonia or Spain, while her party positions itself as the dam against extremes in an electoral context marked by instability among independentist formations. #Junts #Cataluña #independentismo (translated)

Alejandro Cencerrado criticized Rufián and stated that he could have mobilized millions of voters against the right, but chose to mobilize only a thousand. He also reproached him for later defending that the right should be stopped at any cost. #política #votantes #derecha (translated)

JuanLu De Paolis suggested that if ERC with Rufián, EH Bildu, Compromís, BNG, and Adelante Andalucía had good electoral expectations, one should ask whether Más Madrid, Podemos, and IU had not managed to expand their support beyond the M-30. He added that Madrid could cloud the perspective. #Política #Elecciones #Madrid (translated)

I want to represent Esquerra Republicana. And I am trying to do so with some minimum conditions to be able to face what is coming with sufficient guarantees and resolve. And I am trying to do it accompanied by other leftist and antifascist forces because we can't win this alone. And I will try until the end. And I hope ERC wants it too. That's all. The last time Rufián publicly expressed himself on these calls, he made it clear that his intention was to go with ERC: "I want to represent Esquerra Republicana. And I am trying to do so with some minimum conditions to be able to face what is coming with sufficient guarantees and resolve. And I am trying to do it accompanied by other leftist and antifascist forces because we can't win this alone. And I will try until the end. And I hope ERC wants it too. That's all," he stated last Thursday. #GabrielRufián #ERC #EleccionesGenerales (translated)