“The damage reaches historic levels”

The leader of the People’s Party, who is in Berlin this Friday as part of the tour started in September to gather support for a European alliance against irregular immigration, reacted on X (formerly Twitter) to what ‘he considers it a “damage” from the government to institutions that “will cost a lot of money to repair.” The order of inadmissibility of the TSJM, which excludes any criminal evidence from the instructor and emphasizes that the initiative “distills prejudices” against him, is according to Feijóo “unacceptable for a president”, at the same time as “the evidence that (Sánchez) is at a point of no return.

The center of Berlin is protected this Friday for the meeting that the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Germany will hold at the Chancellery. A meeting that will establish the West’s position on issues such as Ukraine and the Middle East. “I regret that the president of my country was not invited to this meeting,” he said. Feijoo visiting the German capital, where he met the president of the CDU, Frédéric Merzand with employers in this country.

“I remember that President Rajoy, in 2016, was one of the guests and speakers during Obama’s visit to this city, now unfortunately we are paying for our lack of relevant foreign policy,” he said, in reference to a close and fruitful relationship between the two countries. the Spanish and German governments that he is ready to recover. With Merz and the Federation of Professional Associations (BDA), Feijoo tried “shared challenges“, “deeply European” budgets and “responsibility”.

In addition to the agenda of the meeting, Merz was interested in the institutional situation in Spain, which reached Berlin through the international press and aroused astonishment. “This is not something I came here to talk about, but I answered your questions and confirmed that this is an absolutely unprecedented situation,” Feijóo said. “I transferred the permanent instability of the government and the attacks on the justice system and the media that we have seen in recent months, which are increasing as cases of corruption surface.

Merz asked for clarification on the “situation of political instability” and on the judicial agenda that affects the Spanish government, in addition to questioning the “unprecedented” accusation of the Attorney General, who “decided to step aside as he faces Supreme Court investigationdenies reality and attacks or threatens the opposition and has decided not to accept the opinion of the Fiscal Council, most of which have asked for his resignation,” Feijóo then explained to the Spanish press.

“It’s in the media and it’s a source of attention in all chancelleries, including in Germany,” lamented the popular. In this context, he stressed that “the main project of the Government at the moment is your own survival and its only agenda is the judicial agenda. “The message that I conveyed here today is that Spain has an alternative and, with all humility, I proposed to continue working to rebuild my country, to put an end to this institutional and political decline with a useful change for all Europeans.

Weight loss of the European economy

“We talked a lot about economics,” admits Feijóo. Both agree that “Europe cannot only be a place of consumers, but must produce and recover our weight and our wages.” Among German employers, “I perceived great concern, a demand for structural reforms and concern about Germany’s loss of predominance in the European and global economy.” We also found the instability of the German and Spanish economiesand in particular the drop in disposable income per capita in Spain.

“We share concern about the industrial slowdown in our countries and the decline in productivity and GDP growth in both our countries,” he reviewed the conversations held in Berlin. In his contacts, he was optimistic: “We are creating a new European Commission and we fear that there is a lot of work to do: to support the most ambitious social protection system in the world, we must invest, improve our technological capabilities and our industrial production.” But he also slipped in a serious warning: “Unrest is fertile ground for populismwhat we are suffering from across the EU is therefore not only an economic issue but also a political issue at stake.

Immigration, a European problem

The most widespread problem is that of immigration, with the common objective of “ending illegal immigration” and focusing policies “on countries of origin and countries of entry”. “Neither in Spain, nor in Europe, can migration policy be reduced to specific distributions,” defended Feijoo, who regretted that Spain had “the co-direction of European migration policy rejected“.

For his part, he proposed to Merz more security measures at external bordersa constant fight against mafias and more agreements with countries of origin, while improving the instruments for the return of irregular immigrants.

“Immigration policy is not an ideological issue, it concerns all governments in all European countries and they are all determined to seek solutions. Spain, Germany and Europe need legal immigration, but we cannot accept illegal immigration. We must work at the source, help the authorities to reduce the effectiveness of the mafias. AND Spain cannot stay away. She is more and more alone because the distribution policy is apolitical, the worst thing from a Human Rights point of view is to do nothing. “The most inhumane policy is the one that doesn’t exist.”

Another central theme of their conversation was “defending democracy” and “engaging against all those who threaten democracy and the rule of law, whether in Ukraine, Venezuela or the Middle East.” They also talked about “review of the speed of implementation of the green agenda“, which “undoubtedly remains a commitment, but which must be accompanied by economic growth and cannot fall on the shoulders of citizens with the lowest incomes”.