As El Confidencial Digital has learned , the national

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leadership sent Rubalcaba's letter this morning to 40,000 militants and 25,000 sympathizers via email, and in it Rubalcaba took the opportunity to analyze the situation in the country and the party itself to ask unity and new ideas of its members. The former vice president of the Government assures that "we are experiencing difficult times for our country ", moments that " are also difficult for the PSOE ", although he remembers that this difficulty "is a difficulty that history never accepts." To recover the socialist project, Rubalcaba calls for a “strong and united PSOE” , a demand that, according to him, is also made by the Spanish, who “want to see us at their side listening to their problems and proposing solutions.” Leaving aside internal criticism and the future race for the party's candidacy for the presidency of the Government, the socialist leader is sure that " to regain confidence in our party, we must work in the here and now ", being "flexible in the face of the challenges of the moment, but firm in defending our values.



Finally, Rubalcaba asks the militants, “today more than ever,” for “support to bring the socialist project closer to the citizens .” To do this, he encourages members to directly propose solutions to the party's situation and new projects through the PSOE general Special Database secretary's Twitter and Facebook profiles. See here the letter that Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba sent today to the militants.As El Confidencial Digital has learned from sources close to these meetings, in those interviews the king's main message has been to encourage Catalan managers to take a step: to publicly and expressly reject Artur Mas's independence plans. They must do so starting November 26, that is, once the regional elections in Catalonia have been held. Don Juan Carlos insists that a clear stance , and in public, against the separation of Catalonia from the rest of Spain, by such significant Catalan businessmen, will be key to cooling the sovereign aspirations of the president of the Generalitat precisely at the moment of start the new legislature.

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A loud pronouncement that until now has only been carried out by José Manuel Lara and Josep Piqué . Avoid damage to the Spain brand The Catalan businessmen who have passed through Don Juan Carlos's office, such as José Manuel Lara (Planeta), Josep Piqué (Vueling), Isidro Fainé (La Caixa) and Javier Godó (La Vanguardia), have also received a second message from background. The king is conveying to them in these meetings that another of his main concerns is that the secession that Artur Mas is promoting on the international stage can seriously affect the image of Spain abroad. Don Juan Carlos is especially concerned that all the efforts of the Crown and the Government to try to relaunch the Spain brand abroad are being clouded by the disputes between Barcelona and Madrid over the independence of Catalonia . And this is what he is letting big businessmen know privately . These efforts have been joined by Don Juan Carlos himself, with trips around the world to obtain investments for Spanish companies.