The Andalusians already know how to count, because they have a budget. And they can sing too. And what art. This is the argument with which the president of the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, tried to escape criticism after his joke at his party’s Christmas dinner in Madrid. The only things missing were the palmas, sevillanas and olés emoticons.
The response from the leader of the PP came in his X profile, after having canceled his schedule scheduled for this Wednesday and Thursday due to flu. “Juanma, the Christmas carol shows that you know how to sing. The fact that you approve budgets shows that you know how to COUNT (sic). And the way you received in Andalusia a joke made by a Galician during a Christmas dinner in Madrid shows the art that you have. Congratulations and hugs to all”, he wrote.
Feijóo thus mentioned two events that occurred this Thursday. One, politics. The other, anecdotal. Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla approved the regional budgets for 2026, the last of the legislature, thanks to the absolute majority enjoyed by the PP in Andalusia. These, of 51.6 billion euros, will in turn be a campaign instrument for the imminent elections.
After its approval, the Andalusian Parliament closed the year by “welcoming Christmas with joy”, in Moreno’s own words. The one who started touching the box was his “number two”who has been Minister of Health since the breast cancer screening crisis. And, in the middle of the plenary room, they sang some Christmas hits: fish in the river, Bell on bell, Go, go, go Mari Morena And No more sorrow, long live joy.
Feijóo therefore had to rectify, faced with such vivid proof of his error. The Andalusians know how to count – they have budgets, which is no small thing – and they know how to sing.
The error, mistake or “joke made by a Galician at a Christmas dinner in Madrid” – whichever you prefer – in question was the following: “The Andalusians do not agree, but they do not know how to count. The estuaries have a double coastline, so it is the place with the most kilometers of coastline in Spain.
This comment, however, was not very well received in Andalusia. “We no longer count the atrocities they recount,” writes the PSOE account in Andalusia. Although responses such as “well, if you can count, don’t count on my vote” have also become common.
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