The PSOE is immersed in a generational change that coincides with its moment of greatest territorial weakness after the electoral catastrophe of 28-M. Seven of the 17 territorial leaders have been in charge for just two years.

Puig and Vara are the only barons who have advanced their succession, which will be completed this March, before the Federal Congress next year. “This is like the baby boom generation. Great territorial leaders like Guillermo and Ximo have retired at the same time, and we must let the new ones settle in,” they say.