On Wednesday in Congress, the head of government, Pedro Sánchez, painted a very positive picture of the legislative work of the executive branch in the past seven years. He did this, among other things, to ask Juntz – without explicitly mentioning his name – Not to “participate” in the “siege” carried out by the “destructive opposition” of the PP and Vox parties and to maintain “the spirit of the agreement,” because “the fate of many people depends on what is discussed” in Congress. Sánchez also warned Carles Puigdemont’s party that linking its fate to that of the Popular Party and Vox would only plunge it into the same “political and intellectual collapse” that, in his opinion, has engulfed the National Right.
This is how the Prime Minister expressed himself at the beginning of his appearance before Congress, a discussion that will take place this Wednesday to recount what was discussed in the last European Council, and to talk about the state of public services and accountability for the corruption cases affecting the Socialist Workers’ Party. In this last regard, Sanchez barely provided any news He limited himself to repeating that its CEO has shown “zero tolerance” for corruption and that he is also cooperating with the judicial system in clarifying these cases.
On the contrary, the president was more comprehensive when he tried to present the benefits of his government to convince the junta, which announced a few weeks ago with great fanfare that it would sever ties with the executive branch, despite the fact that this supposed break has not yet translated into any tangible setback. That could change on Thursday, when Junts could join the votes of the PP and Vox to force a delay to the schedule for closing nuclear power plants. But Sanchez, instead of pointing out the first danger, His talk focused on the social measures being addressed To press Junts.
“We have been ruling for seven years in harsh and unprecedented circumstances: a pandemic, successive wars, energy and economic crises, and natural disasters,” and “in the face of all these crises, Spain has suffered from a destructive opposition paid to the grotesque Sanchez criticized this method only. Only in this way is it “explained” that the People’s and Vox parties “voted against the revaluation of pensions” or “against the labor reform that brought more jobs and reduced temporary employment to historic levels,” as well as “rejecting the debt write-off that could ease the financial burden on the regions they govern.”
“Now it appears that other parliamentary groups “They want to participate in this siege.” The president admitted, referring to Gontz, who at all times avoided criticizing him, that he had “no reasons” for this change in position. But, “What are the reasons that prevent the issuance of a law that protects our children and adolescents in digital environments? What are the reasons that prevent the family law from moving forward in a country like ours, which is suffering from a demographic winter? And the law on the universality of the national health system?” Sánchez asked, pointing to three of the standards that independents promised to tear up during their parliamentary process.
That was when Sánchez resorted to the “spirit of agreement”, but also when he subtly slipped in that Junts was better off staying with the majority of the position than cooperating with the PP and Vox. “This government, with all possible difficulties, It was able to pass reforms that improved people’s lives“, also from opposition voters,” while the right “has no project” and “can only curse as they curse, fall into contradictions like them, and surrender to the extreme right by imitating its forms and policies.”
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