The head of government, Pedro Sánchez, is already directly involved in the rescue of his third vice-president, Therese Riberaas the next European commissioner, and is ready to come to an agreement with the leaders of the “ultra-right” which he denies, like the Hungarian. Viktor Orban and Italian Giorgia Meloniprovided that the Minister of Ecological Transition, widely blamed in the DANA crisis, is elected.
Concretely, according to European Parliament sources consulted by OKDIARIO, Sánchez is seeking to obtain a group vote from the six vice-presidential candidates, including Ribera and the Italian. Raffaele Fittoand the Hungarian candidate Oliver Varhelyiwho suspended the hearing (examination) of the European Parliament.
In this way, Sánchez plans to force a vote that covers this issue. “indissoluble package which includes both the election of the vice-president and the candidates of Orbán and Meloni”, say the sources cited. This means that Moncloa does not hesitate to negotiate with governments that the PSOE itself describes as “ultra-right” or “extreme right”. In his case, Viktor Orbán is a member of the Patriots which he chairs. Santiago Abascalleader of Vox. And last May, Sánchez’s party even referred to Meloni as follows on social media: “These are the fascists with whom Feijóo wants to make a deal in Europe”.
With this maneuver, Sánchez would derail the Spanish PP’s claim that this would take place an urn and a secret within the framework of the European parliamentary committees which must evaluate the six candidates for the vice-presidency. These six politicians submitted themselves to the examination of the European Parliament but they did not receive approval for the blocking of Ribera’s candidacy that Feijóo’s party obtained at least until his appearance this Wednesday at the Congress of Deputies and give explanations on his handling of the DANA tragedy.
In addition, Sánchez will enjoy his stay at the G20 in Brazilwhich is held in Rio de Janeiro and where he met the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyento negotiate a way out of the current blockade situation. Meanwhile, discussions between the European PP and the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group continue.
Already last Sunday, the Socialists declared that they would support Meloni’s candidate on the condition that Ribera was not opposed to the party’s veto. popular of Manfred Weber. After a decisive turning point last week, the S&D group threatened to break the bridge with the argument that “the vote on the next college of commissioners is at stake”.
Now, in addition to the Italian candidate for vice-president of cohesion and reforms of the new European Commission, the Hungarian Várhelyi, candidate for the post of European commissioner for animal health and safety, also enters the equation.
Meanwhile, the president of the PP, Alberto Nuñez Feijóostressed this Monday, before the National Board of Directors of his party, that Ribera will not be vice-president of the European Commission with the votes of his party. “We defended and we will continue do until the endwho has proven himself to be a bad minister, not only now, but especially in these times of national emergency, He doesn’t deserve to be rewarded or promoted anywhere. And even less be named vice-president of all Europeans. Of course, not with us,” Feijóo stressed about the votes of the Spanish PP.
“Sánchez – he continued – is angry about this matter. It bothers him that Europe forced his minister appear before the Spanish Parliament 20 days after the tragedy. “It was Europe that forced him to appear before the Cortes Generales to answer his responsibilities before the Spanish people,” added the PP leader.
“Sánchez realized that, above the interests of Spain, for me there is neither Sánchez nor anyone else. There is no commitment from the Spanish PP over Spain. There isn’t, not now, and there won’t be,” Feijóo said.
Sanitary cord?
Furthermore, the president of the PP mentioned the fact that the socialists even offered their vote in favor of the Italian Raffaele Fitto, the candidate of Georgia Meloni included by Von der Leyen in his proposal for commissioners, on the condition that Teresa Ribera is elected.
“You remember the red lines of what they call the extreme right? Well, look, the proposal of the PSOE in Europe is now to agree with what they call the European far right. You see that the grandiloquence and the sanitary cordons last as long as it takes for the PSOE to we need far-right commissioners in exchange for the vote for the commissioner candidate Teresa Ribera”, Feijóo told his PP colleagues this Monday, during the party’s National Administration Commission held in Madrid.
The PP made a big bet for Teresa Ribera to submit to a secret vote in the European Parliament committees after her appearance in Congress this Wednesday. In these commissions, the Spanish PP will vote against the minister, who would need simple majority. And during the subsequent vote of the College of Commissioners by the plenary of the European Chamber, planned in principle for November 27the PP is ready not to support him if Ribera remains in the running. Here, Von der Leyen’s proposal to form his community executive would also require a simple majority.
