The Partido Popular has been pressuring Junts and the PNV for months to join their votes with those of the PP and Vox and support in the Congress of Deputies an “instrumental” motion of no confidence, with Alberto Núñez Feijóo as the candidate for the presidency of the Government. The motion of no confidence is a mechanism that the law provides to withdraw confidence from the president, in this case Pedro Sánchez, and yesterday Feijóo specified his offer to the two nationalist parties: the motion would be to accelerate the calling of elections and in the government appointed once he is elected president, Vox would not be included. But nothing guarantees that these two conditions – elections in the short term and a government without Vox – will be met. It is rather an act of faith that is asked of the two parties.

As the backdrop to the current migration crisis is the 2030 FIFA World Cup, a competition that will be jointly organized by Spain, Portugal, and Morocco. More specifically, the final of that World Cup, the main point of contention to be decided. Because that tournament, which could bring together up to 64 teams if FIFA’s plans proceed, will start in Uruguay, Argentina, and Paraguay with the first three matches, in commemoration of the centenary of the competition. That is, the opening matches will no longer be held in the host countries. This fact gives even more importance to who will get the final match. The rules of FIFA’s preliminary report are clear: the stadium hosting the title match must have a minimum capacity close to 80,000 spectators.