From Brazil, while Spain faces an unprecedented governance crisis, the President of the Government took a ‘triple moral leap’ that deserves to be dissected.
First contradiction. Sánchez demands elections in the Valencian Community given the possibility that PP and Vox reach an agreement to replace Carlos Mazónclaiming that a “denial majority” could “dismantle the climate agenda”.
The argument is strange. Valencia approved budgets and an operational parliamentary majority.
Meanwhile, Sánchez remains in power in Madrid without budgets, without a parliamentary majority and without the slightest prospect of approving public accounts after Junts announced his definitive blockade.
Why should Valencians go to the polls and Spaniards not?
The answer is obvious: because one thing is convenient for Sánchez and the other is not.
The president declared that “Spain will continue to move forward with budgets or without budgets”, becoming a resistance manual “elevated to the nth power”.
In other words, Sánchez will extend the accounts for an indefinite period, will continue to cut parliamentary democracy and will govern by decree until 2027 if necessary, but will not call elections.
The difference with Valencia is that the PP rules there and in Moncloa, he rules. Democratic coherence is sacrificed on the altar of partisan interest.
Second contradiction. Sánchez remains silent about his candidacy Miguel Angel Gallardoprosecuted for malfeasance and influence peddling in the case of hiring David Sanches (brother of the president) as director of the Performing Arts Office of the Badajoz Provincial Council.
At the same time as it demands regeneration in Valencia and criticizes the PP’s alleged unworthy pacts, its party presents as a candidate for the presidency of Extremadura a politician who will occupy the bench in February 2026, just two months after the December 21 elections.
The double standard is shameful. Sánchez publicly defends “the innocence” of his brother and the State Attorney General, but avoids commenting on Gallardo, the man who gave David Sánchez a job.
The PSOE, which for years used corruption as a weapon against the PP, now shamelessly supports a revoked candidate.
The exceptionality invoked for missing the primaries in Extremadura (due to electoral progress) is the perfect alibi to protect a judicially tarnished leader. There are no principles, only opportunism.
Third contradiction. Since the climate summit in Belém, Sánchez has gone from criticizing Mazón’s negligence in managing the climate to attack the “banality” of those who “deny” climate change.
The change is strategic: it shifts the focus from concrete responsibilities to a diffuse ideological enemy. But the banality actually lies elsewhere.
The Júcar Hydrographic Confederation (an organization dependent on the central government) issued only five warnings about the Poyo gorge on the day of the tragedy, compared to thirty in other points.
Your president, Miguel Polomade a single call to find out Poyo’s status.
The Confederation’s eight environmental agents ended the day at 5 pm, at the worst moment of the flood that caused 229 deaths.
Even more serious: the canalization works in the Poyo gorge, considered a priority since 2009, were halted in 2021 by the Ministry of Ecological Transition then headed Teresa Ribera.
The argument was that the project was “too expensive for the benefit obtained” (45 million euros). and “incompatible” with the environmental protection of the Valencian orchard.
Today, damage exceeds 360 million. The lives lost are priceless. Talking about climate denial while ignoring your own negligence is summary of cynicism.
Sánchez chose Brazil to launch his dialectical offensive, far from the mud of Paiporta and the uncomfortable issues. He offered 45 million euros to international climate funds (interestingly, the same amount that was saved in 2021 with the cancellation of Poyo works) and proclaimed that “Spain chooses to act, not wait”.
The reality is that Spain waits. He expects budgets that will not arrive, he expects layoffs that will not occur and he expects Sánchez to take some responsibility for the failures of his own Government.
Sánchez’s triple cynicism reveals a political strategy designed to survive at any cost. He calls for holding elections where his own people do not govern, and protects candidates prosecuted where they do. and blames others for their own negligence.
It’s not politics, it’s mere survival.
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