To date, Moncloa has maintained a red line in negotiations with Juntes: that no senior government official should negotiate directly with the fugitive Carles Puigdemont. But the new political scenario, with Pedro Sanchez preparing to take a photo with the “former president” outside, and … With the seven representatives after the rapprochement settled in opposition, it was made Change things. The separatist leader’s threats have reached their peak, and the fragility of the legislature, without support to do practically anything, forces the head of the executive to swallow new toads.
The prime minister admitted on Tuesday what he had always denied until this week: a set of non-commitments with Gantz regarding what was agreed upon in the Brussels agreement. And now, it seems, He is willing to do anything to take out the legislature of siding where it was installed at the end of October. On the 27th of that month, Puigdemont of Perpignan (France) ended the alliance he had maintained with the Socialists since November 2023, leaving the alliance on the brink of collapse.
In this new phase, in addition to acknowledging the non-compliance reported by Gantz, Sanchez also committed to prioritizing the files that are still pending, The heroes will change from the PSOE side. With José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero already exhausted, and with the rejection of the Puigdemont side he had never hidden, the socialist leader chose the “fire extinguisher” Félix Bolaños to keep open the few windows of dialogue open with the heirs of the Convergencia.
Changing the cards, removing Zapatero from the equation, which in turn relieved Santos Cerdán, is essentially seeking Gain agility in implementation From promises made with independence negotiators. Former Prime Minister Sanchez served all these months to keep the flame of negotiations abroad burning. But her lack of tangibility, which led Gaunt to see no tangible progress to justify dialogue to her constituents, was the main reason behind the rupture she is now trying to heal.
The selection of a senior minister like Bolaños is also not a coincidence. Among the powers of Sánchez’s trusted man are: justice (pardons), relations with the courts (all legislative issues that are still pending, such as the delegation of immigration powers or the Anti-Multiple Recruitment Law) and the presidency (which includes coordination between all ministries). So he’s the only one who has it Ability to act transversally.
PSOE sources do not rule out that the Madrid Minister may be so Paving the way for the much-talked-about image Between Sanchez and Puigdemont outside. A shot that hasn’t happened yet, but no one is surprised that it could be celebrated. Bolaños could travel to Belgium himself first, within a very short period of time, to meet the fugitive leader of the Junts and thus begin his political rehabilitation while waiting for the amnesty law to be applied to him.