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Carlos Malo de Molina, president of Sigma Dos, to the party Congress in Seville , presenting him as the person responsible for these electoral studies. The decision of Rajoy's advisor was greatly applauded by those present, but " now some do not see things as they did then," the PP acknowledges. Once the results of the elections are known, which contrast with the polls that gave the party an absolute majority in Andalusia, “ many have put Arriola in their sights ,” blaming him for the error and for having proposed “a wrong strategy.” during the campaign, in which he fled from the melee against PSOE and IU despite their repeated attacks.” Criticisms of historical leaders of the party The sources consulted by ECD explain that the most critical voices towards Mariano Rajoy's advisor come from historical leaders of the party in Andalusia, among whom would be the mayor of Cádiz, Teófila Martínez , one of the 'popular' leaders with the longest track record in the region, where he has led the council since 1995. Intermediate party officials in Genoa have also attacked Pedro Arriola , who aspired to have a greater role within the PP and blame the sociologist for Mariano Rajoy's decision to have left them apart from the new executive or the Government.



Arriola has been consulted about some decisions and his voice has been heard. In fact, from the national headquarters of the party they remember that the sociologist was decisive in the election of Juan Ignacio Wert as Minister of Qatar Mobile Number List Culture and Sports ; and that, together with Arenas, he maneuvered to place Gloria Lomana , news director of Antena 3, as president of RTVE – expand that information here . Support from Cospedal and the executive Despite the criticism received by Pedro Arriola in the last week, sources close to the national leadership of the PP assure this confidential that, for the moment, there is nothing to fear. “ The executive is full of him ,” although they acknowledge that “it is true that he has more and more enemies within the party . ” The PP's own general secretary, María Dolores de Cospedal , is one of the main defenders of the sociologist, "who will continue working with us as before." “He has been our CIS for the last four years and we continue to trust him,” Cospedal made clear to his immediate collaborators.As El Confidencial Digital has learned , Moncloa has been receiving, for some time now, a strong message from its delegates in Brussels: “ Show the way out for Joaquín Almunia , because it is he who is poisoning the Spanish economy.







Since the first Reuters leak , where it was claimed that the EU suspected that the Government was falsifying the data on the 2011 deficit, the Spanish delegation to the European Commission pointed out that the leaker must be “a Spaniard who knows how to speak English very well. ”, and the name of the former socialist leader was one of the first to appear as possible authors of the British agency's news. Mariano Rajoy's team decided not to move, but the latest statements by Almunia , who took advantage of a private breakfast with journalists on Tuesday to ensure that Spain was on the brink of rescue, have caused a change of strategy in the Executive , which is already looking for how to force the departure of the European commissioner . Propose a new commissioner or agree with Almunia The sources consulted by this newspaper explain that " it is not easy to expel a commissioner from the EU ", but " we can work in two ways to ensure that Joaquín Almunia leaves the European Commission." One of the options is to present to the European Council , where all the presidents of the Member States are integrated, a candidate proposed by the Spanish Government to succeed the former leader of the PSOE. The drawback of this initiative is that the decision must be voted on in the European Parliament , where presumably “the socialist group would mount a campaign in favor of Almunia and reject the replacement proposed by Rajoy.