Elections were held in Spain on July 23. It was not possible to form a government on 23 August, 23 September or 23 October. There is reasonable doubt that he will achieve this before November 23. Otherwise, it will not be possible before January 23, before February, who knows when. Everything would be solved if the election system considered the second round instead of the parliamentary system. Or Sánchez or Feijoo; Vote in fifteen days. The eternal “surrogate government” will end and Blackmailing minorities who use their primary status 176 lawmakers (half plus one member of Congress) imposing conditions that could violate the Constitution.
Of course, not all minorities use this relative power in the same way, and everyone has the right to political action. Spain is a pluralistic, democratic and tolerant country. Those proposing independence are not outlawed or persecutednor those who advocate an anti-democratic system, if they do not use violence or coercion. This is not the case at other latitudes.
But the limit is that you cannot stop a country’s progress by having a minor key to the parliament. It is true that the incumbent government of Pedro Sánchez continues to act – perhaps with an optimistic belief that it will renew its mandate – and has only slightly reduced its cruising speed. But so much impermanence is already taking its toll on the increased uncertainty created by demagogic political announcements and the underestimation of possible compromises, even controversial ones. Some independence supporters make statements such as “Amnesty is nothing, it is just a starting point.” “Amnesty was already accepted as it was,” it is written in the whispered chronicles. And yet, amnesty becomes a hard legal ball to swallow in judicial cases and segments of public opinion when they realize that it is resetting the counter to zero for new challenges.
In the last quarter, Spain continued to grow despite everything: three tenths of the Gross Domestic Product and more than 21 million people working on increasingly permanent and non-temporary contracts. But the economy is slowing down. Banks, notaries and guarantee organizations confirm this. In a continuous rise, exports are decreasing and investments are more hesitant than before. Despite this, it is comforting that the Spanish economy is performing better than the rest of the Eurogroup. But it’s sad to think that things would be much better for everyone if the political uncertainty disappeared.
Minister Pedro Sánchez took refuge in this transition on the international stage and credited it with notable successes; for example, the adoption of the European Union’s proposal to hold a world conference for peace between Jews and Palestinians in Barcelona within six months. Or to check, through Minister Albares, the Hungarian commissioner who, at the first moment, single-handedly announced that Europe was suspending its aid to Palestine. Or European vice president Josep Borrell correcting President Ursula Von der Layen’s pro-Israeli stance without any empathy towards Palestine. These are very meaningful diplomatic successes for Spain. But it did not escape their notice that they acted as a curtain to cover up the delay in the establishment of the government. The same situation occurs in the report submitted by the Ombudsman on the abuse of minors by priests and teachers in religious schools in the Church. An urgent government is simmering behind these curtains of information.