PSOE votes against resumption of relations with Argentina

Presented by the PP on September 13, the PNL urged the government to address three issues: (1) Request approval from the government of the Republic of Argentina for an ambassador from the Kingdom of Spain; (2) Strengthen the Spanish presence and support the work of our country’s companies to increase the volume of their investments and commercial exchanges between the two nations; and (3) recognize the importance of bilateral relations between Spain and Argentina.

The vote, which took place by show of hands, resulted in 170 votes for by the PP and Vox, with 169 votes against the PSOE and 5 abstentions.

Once the Foreign Affairs Commission ended in which this PNL was debated and voted on, the PP celebrated that the government had come to “reason” and decided to appoint a new ambassador to Argentina, five months after the departure to the retirement of the former head of mission. due to the fact that the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has “very thin skin” and chose to put “his ego” after calling the Argentine President, Javier Mileito “corrupt” his wife.

But what draws attention to the result of the vote is that the government announced a decision of the Council of Ministers even though it knew that its own party was going to vote against it. Congress of Deputies.

According to sources from the Socialist Parliamentary Group consulted by ABC, what surprised them was that the PP would maintain that NLP on the agenda and did not withdraw it, knowing that the Government had made this announcement.

They also say that they were offered a transactional amendment that the PP did not accept and in which the government was invited to address three issues: (1) Request from the Government of the Argentine Republic to approve an ambassador from Spain , reiterating the importance of mutual respect between the institutions of each State, as it corresponds to two countries united by deep historical, cultural and economic ties; (2) Continue to strengthen the Spanish presence and support the work of companies in our country to increase volume of your investments and commercial exchanges between the two nations; and (3) Recognize the historical importance of bilateral relations between Spain and Argentina and continue to promote them in the political, economic, cultural and cooperation areas between the two countries.

From the PSOE, they explain that in the explanatory statement of the PNL there was a “chain of insults and attacks against the government that they were “unacceptable”.

The explanatory memorandum, however, consisted of the PP’s opinions on the diplomatic crisis in Argentina, which had nothing to do with the three points to be debated and voted on, which were clear. The most important of all, the placement of a new ambassador, had already been done by the government, so since The PP does not understand that the PSOE voted againstwhile it was a decision that had just come out of Moncloa. “It was Kafkaesque,” ​​they told ABC.