The President of the Government is optimistic about the outcome of the soap opera which keeps the election of Teresa Ribera as vice-president of the European Commission in abeyance, but expressly singles out Feijóo for an attempted boycott which also threatened to derail the training of the next community executive. “Feijóo has every right to defend Mr. Mazón and his leadership of DANA. But it cannot do it against everything and everyone: against the state of autonomy, by calling into question the powers, against the interests of Spain and against the European Union itself.”
During his appearance before the press after the G20 summit in Brazil, Pedro Sánchez went so far as to demand from the leader of the PP “restraint, responsibility and a minimum of sense of state” after a political mess that he assured that no one understands. in Brussels. “This attitude arouses absolute disbelief in Europe, and not only among social democrats. National political debates do not take place in Brussels. And even less to contaminate something as necessary as having a college of commissioners,” he noted.
The Spanish President expressed confidence that the conversations held at the highest level with his European colleagues and with the President of the Commission herself, Ursula Von der Leyen, will bear fruit and crystallize this Wednesday. “The negotiations are progressing and we hope that they will soon bear fruit,” he commented before asking all European political families to comply with what was agreed this summer.
“Spain has reached an agreement with two objectives: that it is a moderate and targeted agreement with the three main pro-European families and that the best people are in the European government. And the Spanish government is taking one of its references, probably the best in terms of climate change. And what I ask is that we all respect the agreement that we reached this summer,” he said.
Asked by the press about the latest maneuvers of Judge Peinado, who this Tuesday asked Begoña Gómez for information on her banking transactions and a marriage certificate with Pedro Sánchez, the president insisted that the case would eventually clarify that his partner did not commit any irregularity. “Absolute tranquility and transparency. If you want to investigate my wife’s accounts, then perfect, it will be shown that she is a neat and honest woman. If the judge wants to prove in writing that my wife and I are married, there is no problem,” he concluded.
