Madrid, November 29 - The pulse of Spanish politics is measured today by the demonstration this Sunday promoted by the Popular Party (PP), but also by the fragility of the Socialist Party (PSOE).
An equation that is by no means predictable. On the right, the far-right Vox emphasizes a relative distancing from the PP in order to continue rising in electoral preferences.
On the other hand, within the left, the PSOE, which holds the majority in government, generates mistrust within the Sumar group, ERC of Catalonia, and Podemos. The direction of other parties such as the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) is also unclear, especially as corruption scandals affecting the socialists cause discomfort.
Facing these realities, the Spanish right is once again mobilizing against the government of Pedro Sánchez, with a so-called “without acronyms” call emphasized by the PP for Sunday.
The march, summoned at the Temple of Debod in Madrid, will try to involve all citizens who want to join in rejecting the government led by the socialist Sánchez, without this implying alignment with any particular party.
Undoubtedly participating will be the PP leader, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, who will speak, as well as José Luis Martínez Almeida and Isabel Díaz Ayuso, mayor and regional president of Madrid, respectively.
Also on the list of confirmed participants are former Spanish prime ministers José María Aznar and Mariano Rajoy, both from the PP.
According to local analysts, the idea of making a “sign-free” call tries to attract dissatisfied Socialist Party members, but it is already known that it will not receive Vox’s support.
In his typically sharp tone, the PP secretary general, Miguel Tellado, emphasized yesterday that in Spain “it is not social democracy that governs but social delinquency.”
“A socialism without direction governs,” with no horizon other than attacking “the public servants who investigate,” launching a sort of cluster bomb against alleged corruption of ruling party figures, the leader’s own spouse, and the case of the sanctioned Attorney General.
During this week’s parliamentary session of government oversight, the confrontation between Núñez Feijóo and Sánchez was repeated, more acidic if possible, focused on the Supreme Court’s condemnation of the Attorney General.
Sánchez defended the resigned attorney Álvaro García Ortiz, against whom the Supreme Court issued a ruling on the 20th disqualifying him from holding public office for two years and fining him 7,200 euros.
“Given what we have seen, you’re going to apologize,” Feijóo shot back, who did not hesitate to describe his political opponent as increasingly “dangerous for Spanish democracy.”
