He PSOE made severe accusations against him PP because the policy of “anything goes to attack” the “progressive government” of Pedro Sanchez caused an escalation of diplomatic tensions with Venezuela. Patxi Lopezparliamentary spokesman for the socialists, blamed Alberto Núñez Feijóo’s party for the fact that the National Assembly of Venezuela urged Nicolas Maduro to “break off diplomatic, consular, economic and commercial relations” with Spain.
Venezuela’s reaction was announced after the Congress of Deputies Spanish, following an initiative by those of Alberto Nuñez Feijooapproved this Wednesday to recognize Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia as elected president of Venezuela.
The non-legal proposal, that is, it does not oblige the Sánchez government to comply with it and is only of a political nature, was adopted with 177 votes in favor, with the support of the PP, Voice, Basque Nationalist Party (PNV), Union of the Navarrese People (UPN) and Canarian Coalition (CC) and the abstention of the former socialist deputy Jose Luis Abalos.
“In this case, believing that he was attacking the progressive government“What he did was attack all the companies that have commercial relations and activities in Venezuela,” Patxi López complained.
According to the PSOE leader, this is a “Scorched Earth Policy”” that Feijóo “usually practices” and which he described as “worrying.” “Everything he does has consequences and they are not good for this country,” he lamented.
The Popular Party’s policy, according to which anything goes to attack the government, has consequences.
In this case, believing it was attacking the progressive government, the PP attacked all the companies that have commercial relations, that have business in… pic.twitter.com/9oXKB6PKrP
– Patxilopez (@patxilopez) September 12, 2024
“Absolute normality”
The government, for its part, has tried to reduce the tension by stressing that the Spanish embassy in Caracas “works absolutely normally” despite the response of the Venezuelan Parliament. This was stated by the spokesman of the executive, Pilar Alegriaafter contacting the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares.
“Our interest is to maintain the best relations with the Venezuelan people,” he said at the breakfast of the Nueva Economía Forum held Thursday in Madrid. “Not like others,” referring to the PP, “who use the Venezuelan people and Venezuelans to attack the Spanish government,” he criticized.
