Today more than ever there are two Spains struggling to impose their narrative in this highly polarized society. On one side, there is the Spain that denounces “socialist corruption,” where cases under investigation pile up that, for one reason or another, implicate leaders of the PSOE and its circle. Yesterday another report from the Civil Guard was released concluding that “the ultimate goal” of the alleged plot led by Leire Díez was to “destabilize or obstruct” judicial proceedings opened against the PSOE. Judicial news against the Government trickles in day by day, relentlessly, and this part of Spain shows outrage at the fact that elections are not being called early.
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On the other side, there is precisely the Spain led by Pedro Sánchez that acts independently of this judicial and police activity, and that follows its plan to complete the legislature to the letter. If anyone has doubts, the Prime Minister announced yesterday at the closing of the Cercle d’Economia sessions his intention to begin processing the 2027 State budget. The socialist leader ignored all the political and judicial crises affecting him and clung to the good performance of the Spanish economy to announce that his project is for the much longer term. The OECD had just given him an upward revision of growth and confirmed that the Spanish economy will be the only one in the eurozone to improve this year. It applies a growth of 2.2% compared to 0.7% for Germany and France. Sánchez also recalled that we have been “creating jobs for 64 months” and, although its economic weight is around 10% of the eurozone GDP, Spain has generated four out of every ten jobs created in the entire area in recent years.
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“Spain is no longer different, it is a reference” or “we still have a lot to do” are phrases that sounded provocative to all those who predict the end of Sanchism. And two hard-boiled eggs, Sánchez seemed to say yesterday in a defiant attitude. That said, what matters now is to see if he is able to overcome the existing deadlock in Congress and can approve the budgets or any other important initiative. And all that without counting on what judicial activism may bring.
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