The President of the European Commission (EC), Ursula Von der Leyen, announced on Tuesday that Vice-President of Competition and Green Transition to the current Minister of Energy Transition, Teresa Ribera. A decision which, although part of the same group in Europe The common people of Genoa did not like it at allThis was demonstrated by the popular parliamentarian Miguel Tellado who, beyond criticize Ribera’s ability In the position he was given, he was confused when it came to resorting to the newspaper’s library: “Do you remember what the PSOE did with Cañete? Well, we won’t do that.” The phrase left those who heard it stunned and Tellado had to correct himself later. But who is Miguel Arias Cañete and what did the PSOE refuse to do ten years ago?
always the The Popular Party (PP) was known as the Popular Alliance (AP) when this man from Madrid joined their ranks. However, it was in the municipality of Jerez de la Frontera, in Cadiz, where he entered local politics, from there he entered regional politics and later into national politics as a senator for Cadiz and later as a deputy for Madrid.
His political rise could have ended there, however, he became a minister. First, the former popular president José María Aznar gave him the portfolio of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food until 2004, when the socialist José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero arrived at Moncloa. He was hand in hand with Mariano Rajoy when Cañete recovered his wallet in 2011 until 2014.
It was in that year that he was appointed European Commissioner for Energy and Climate Action. That is why the Socialists voted against the appointment of Arias Cañete as Commissioner and now, ten years later, PP wants to return it to the socialists, even if Tellado is sometimes wrong.
Of course, even if the position is similar to that of the past – with modified roles – the PP’s argument in favour of a “no” to Ribera is still relevant: “We are not in favor of exporting sanchismo outside our borders”” said Tellado upon hearing the news this Tuesday. Likewise, he explained that “a bad minister for Spain cannot be a good commissioner.”
