An article from the British newspaper The Economist qualifies the president of the Government, Pedro Sanchezas “drama king” After he announced a period of “reflection” to decide whether to leave office, he believes that “perhaps he is really considering resigning” and considers aspiring to an important position in Brussels after the European elections as a “more plausible” option.
The article, titled Will the Prime Minister of Spain suddenly resign?links the trajectory of the Executive leader to unexpected turns and speculates about his future after announcing this Wednesday that is considering leaving the presidency of the Government by “harassment and takedown operation” against him and his wife.
The analysis points out that Sánchez “knows the drama” and mentions the call for early general elections for July 23, just one day after the defeat in the regional and general elections. “Betting everything at his weakest moment might have seemed crazybut Sánchez outperformed, gathered an unstable majority and returned as prime minister,” the article says.
Now, he points out, the “drama” has returned with his “surprising” decision to clear the public agenda until next Monday to determine whether he will abandon the presidency of the Government. The newspaper analyzes the work of Begoña Gómez at IE University and points out that Globalia gave her and the center’s director tickets to a conference in London and considered a sponsorship of 40,000 euros.
Shortly afterwards, Air Europa, owned by the company, was rescued by the Government with a loan of 475 million euros. “Not a bad return for the cost of two plane tickets, if true,” says The Economistwhich points out that Spain also rescued other airlines and that IE maintains that it did not receive “not a single cent directly” from Globalia.
In addition, he points out that Gómez directed a master’s program at the Complutense University together with businessman Carlos Barrabés, who formed a joint venture “asking for public money” to help unemployed youth. “Ms. Gomez signed two brief letters of support. The joint venture submitted them (along with dozens of others) and won their bid,” the article says.
International position
However, the British newspaper considers that the pillars of the case “seem weak so far” and, therefore, his possible real intention to leave would be linked to other causes. For the analyst, the “most plausible” is the presidency of the European Councilsince “it is said that it will be reserved for a high-ranking center-left politician.”
Although the article indicates that the favorite is the former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, it points out that Sánchez “comes from a more powerful country” and, in addition, has generated “lots of support in Brussels for his unusually harsh criticism of Israel’s war in Gaza”. Against him, he points out that last year he led a “disappointing” Spanish presidency of the Council of the European Union.
However, The Economist also speculates that his departure may be due to the fact that “more details” emerge about his wife’s affairs and “he knows”; as well as the “fragility” of his government coalition, which depends on the independentists who “have already caused him endless headaches.”
Thus, he emphasizes that approving the budgets will be “terribly difficult” and Sánchez has already gone through “six years of harsh criticism from the opposition”, so “almost any other job could seem more attractive.” Instead, he points out among the reasons for staying the “protagonism” before the Catalan and European elections and “perhaps embarrass the opposition”. The article points out that “perhaps” a vote of confidence will “mobilize” his followers. “Only the dramatic Mr. Sánchez knows,” he concludes.
