It’s exhausting to navigate the journalistic, political, and university environments in America right now because, several times a day, you have to explain the conundrum that Spain still doesn’t have a government two months after the election; and it is not certain that there will be an election in October, even with another candidate, because it depends on a fugitive from Justice living in Brussels or whether the elections will be repeated on January 14th. This is the third time in a row that this has happened. Believe me, it is difficult to explain to strangers in journalistic interviews and private conversations what is difficult to understand here.
But there is more. In case the issue wasn’t confusing enough, the two former heads of the Government, Aznar and Felipe González, are now resurfacing to beg the Government for relief for the top-voted conservative candidate, Núñez Feijóo, because they are not giving her the numbers. its investment. He needs to change the votes of four socialist MPs or another party in the progressive bloc. More wood.
We’ll see how it plays out, but speculating that this “change” – or worse, will be “tamayazo”, the buyout of four MPs – does not seem feasible, especially in such a media-focused environment. . Therefore, if Núñez Feijóo’s appointment fails, Pedro Sánchez will receive the order from the King to form a government in October.
But pay attention to the screen, because even if all this happens, the Spanish political operetta may have other exciting chapters in store for us. For now, we’ll have to see how screenwriter Carles Puigdemont comes together to secure his support for Pedro Sánchez. And even more: what Pablo Iglesias, the founder and supreme leader of Podemos and also the well-known author of surprises in political theater, was able to write in the libretto. To give you an idea of what could happen, a leading intellectual who has always defended Podemos no longer rules out that in the possible appointment of the socialist candidate five Podemita MPs will consider whether they are guaranteed two ministries; and one of them is for Irene Montero. Just like it looks. “I don’t think they would dare to vote against it – he explains sadly after saying they have ‘lost their way’ – but they might dare to abstain, which would completely eliminate Puigdemont’s dependence.” Tell me whether this Spanish political soap opera deserves a production that is highly informative and will surpass any fiction.
The only way to avoid the consequences of this endless operetta is if the economy does not suffer now and Europe does not worry. On the one hand, its forecasts, echoed by European Union Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni, show that Spain will resist the foreseeable contraction in the economy better than others. On the other hand, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security, Vice-President for Europe Josep Borrell confirmed that “no concerns have been detected at the European level regarding what happened after the July 23 elections.” In Brussels, the decrease in the number of MPs of the Spanish far-right Vox from 52 to 33 was celebrated. The far right is worrying in every country due to its Europhobic character. More attention is being paid to what might happen in the event of a possible “broad-spectrum amnesty” as demanded by the pro-independence Puigdemont, which would lead to impunity for new separatist initiatives. There are concerns about Spain and the risk of spread in countries where there are separatist movements, such as France and Italy. There are so many real problems to solve and so much political comedy!