Basque elections 2024: De Andrés resorts to the ‘Ayuso effect’ to rearm his campaign before receiving the ‘barons’ of the PP

In the last days of the campaign, the Basque PP will make its institutional strength visible in Spain as a whole, highlighting its candidate Javier de Andrés’ idea of ​​being the “first party in Europe and the first party in Spain.” The president of Madrid Isabel Díaz Ayuso will return to Bilbao tomorrow, Tuesday, to support De Andrés as she already did in May to support the mayoral candidate Esther Martínez. Ayuso will advance in a few hours to the summit of regional barons with Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla (Andaluca), Alfonso Rueda (Galicia), Alfonso Fernández Maueco (Castilla y León), Marga Prohens (Balearic Islands) and Juan Jess Vivas (Ceuta) who will star a joint event at the Euskalduna palace on Wednesday.

The Basque PP candidate for Lehendakari Javier de Andrés faces the last stages of the electoral campaign with the opportunity to improve by up to three seats the 6 achieved in 2020 by Carlos Iturgaiz. The ‘popular’ opt to achieve 5 parliamentarians in Lava (two more than in 2020), 2 in Vizcaya and 2 in Guipzcoa (one more). Andrés will have the presence of the most powerful regional leaders of the PP in the decisive last days of the electoral campaign. He helped open the presence of regional leaders in Bilbao where the Madrid president arouses passions among Bilbao residents. He helped to repeat his presence in the streets of the center of the town one year after his participation in the municipal elections in which the PP regained institutional presence and political influence in Euskadi.

Furthermore, Ayuso’s presence in Bilbao occurs just one day after it was made public today that the Community of Madrid remains at the head of the Talent Map, ahead of the Basque Country and Navarra, according to the Talent Map. 2023, prepared by the Cotec Foundation for innovation and the Valencian Institute of Economic Research (Ivie).

Madrid continues to lead with respect to the rest of the communities and also heads three of the six pillars of the report (Facilitate, Attract and Impact of Knowledge), while the Basque Country, Navarra and Catalonia lead one (Grow, Retain and Technical capabilities and vocations, respectively). ). The attraction of talent in an “open Euskadi” has been one of the axes of De Andrés’ campaign, who last Sunday at the Euskalduna palace already elevated his political speech, which until then had focused on economic issues.

Andrés, in addition, will have the support of five autonomous leaders of the PP and, especially, with Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla (Andaluca) and the brand new winner of the Galician elections Alfonso Rueda. Two references for a Basque PP that presents itself as the party of the “political center” both in Euskadi and Catalonia, as highlighted by the PP spokesperson and former Basque parliamentarian Borja Smper.

Andrés will have the support of PP president Alberto Nez Feijo in the last two days of the campaign. The leader of the PP has dedicated himself to supporting his candidate during the last two weeks and will be present at the final events that will take place in San Sebastin (Thursday the 18th) and the closing at the Sansomendi sports center in Vitoria (Friday the 19th).