Política

In Catalonia, and during the board meeting in which the congress of the Catalan PP was formally convened, the secretary general of the popular party, Miguel Tellado, took advantage of the platform to unleash all the artillery against Sánchez’s partners, naming Junts, ERC, and the PNV one by one. After a week marked by the indictment of former president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, the PP leader stated that the aforementioned parties “are as rotten as Pedro Sánchez’s Government.”

The warning has been measured, without fireworks or grand gestures, but it could hardly be more serious. The Basque Nationalist Party lit an amber light this Sunday in the midst of the political fog surrounding Pedro Sánchez after the indictment of former president José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. “It would be irresponsible” for the Government to continue “beyond 2026,” warned the president of the PNV, Aitor Esteban, in a message as restrained in form as it was severe in substance.

Albert Dalmau (Barcelona, 1992) receives La Vanguardia after the Govern finally approved its first budgets. They still need to be validated by the Parliament, but for the conseller they represent a turning point after which he foresees a decade of stability for Catalonia.

Catalunya will be one of the few autonomous communities to approve budgets this year. Oriol Junqueras has just given the green light to the Generalitat’s accounts. The Comuns as well. Salvador Illa will thus be able to reach the end of the legislature in 2028, which will strengthen a period of stability in Catalunya at a very turbulent time in Spanish politics.

United States intelligence agents have likely played a decisive role in placing José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero on the conveyor belt of major scandals, from which few, very few, come out unscathed. It is no secret. It is stated in the order of the…

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has several faces. The first, that of the progressive politician committed to opposing the war and to social advances such as the Equality law, the right to abortion, or same-sex marriage. The second, that of a socialist Prime Minister who led a team without major scandals for seven years, but with the questionable management of the economic crisis that cost him the mandate. The third, that of a low-profile former head of government, with approaches to countries like Venezuela or China. And since last Tuesday: a fourth, that of the first former Spanish leader investigated for allegedly leading an “organized scheme” dedicated to enriching themselves in exchange for their influence in high places.

The Government does not have illusions. The downfall of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, whether or not he is ultimately convicted, marks a turning point in the hopes of renewing a left-wing administration. As if that were not enough, they do not expect this to be the last onslaught…

The Government tried to boast, last Tuesday, about the new records registered in the labor market, with more than 22.3 million employed, as “proof of the strength” of the Spanish economy, as well as for the measures approved in the Council of Ministers to encourage those over 65 years old to go to the cinema for 2 euros or to extend the cultural voucher of 400 euros per year for the younger ones…

The former Prime Minister had a decisive role in the turbulent life of the company Plus Ultra according to the UDEF in the new reports released today. The documents, accessed by La Vanguardia, describe for example the determining role of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in the task of persuading a shareholder who did not accept the viability plan without which the Spanish government’s aid would never have arrived or, in another case, report the influence of the former president in obtaining flight permits from the Venezuelan Government for the company.

Oysters and champagne. And with large doses of mockery. This is how the Plus Ultra leadership celebrated the airline’s bailout, with a public aid of 53 million euros, which is the basis of the judicial case in the National Court in which the former Prime Minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, is under investigation. This is evidenced by a photograph sent by the company’s CEO, Roberto Roselli, to Julio Martínez, a friend of the former socialist leader, in a restaurant, accompanied by the message: Warning to navigators: SEPI does not approve those expenses.” To which they respond in the chat with a “Relax, that comes out of the 1% [referring to the commission that would have been paid for the bailout]”.