Once the PP has congratulated donald trump due to his victory in the US elections, he has gone on to carry out a first analysis of the former president’s return to the White House and its impact on Europe and Spain. Among other issues, the deputy secretary of International, Esteban González Ponshas warned that his victory indicates that Europe will have to take charge of its own defense and, therefore, that the Spanish have to “start worrying about the Sahel.” He also considers that after the electoral result, Europeans should be “aware that relations with Russia can be reestablished.” Despite this, he has advocated establishing bridges with the US: “Trump comes with a strength he never had.”
Pons has evaluated the negative repercussions that policies can have trumpists for Europe. For example, “the establishment of tariffs, particularly in the automobile sector” or the division of their leaders: “We already see how (the Prime Minister of Hungary) Viktor Orban considers Trump’s victory as a victory for his theses that could break the European Council,” the popular leader warned in an interview on Onda Cero. He then added: “We should be aware that relations can be reestablished with Russia and we As Spaniards it means that we have to start worrying about the Sahel. And the message that the first Trump administration sent us is now going to be sent to us in a much clearer way: the Mediterranean and the defense of Europe is our business.”
Despite this, the deputy secretary of the opposition also sees in Trump’s victory an “opportunity” for Europeans, since a new American administration will start at the same time as a new European Commission, in such a way that both open a “blank page” to talk about issues that interest them mutually. Because, as he has emphasized, “the US is an indispensable ally for the European economy and security.”
Likewise, for Pons, “Trump comes with a strength he never had.” For several reasons: “He has won in votes, he is supported by the Republican Party, he will have control of both chambers and the Supreme Court has a conservative majority.” However, the popular one predicts a legislature “in which there will be no other counterweights than the press” and in which a “different” Trump will be seen. For all these reasons, he advocates that Europeans try to “establish bridges and that, as far as possible, a policy of collaboration continues to exist.”
My sincere congratulations to @realDonaldTrumpPresident-elect of the USA.
We will work for a better bilateral relationship, with the EU and in NATO.
— Alberto Núñez Feijóo (@NunezFeijoo) November 6, 2024
Beyond the analysis, the popular believes that the main thing is to “congratulate whoever wins the elections”, even if he admits that it is not who he wanted. In any case, he says he is glad that it was with “a clear victory that does not lead the US to a few months of instability or to a questioning of the electoral result.” The leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has also congratulated the new US president, through “a better bilateral relationship, with the EU and in NATO.”
European funds to rebuild Valencia
Likewise, the Deputy Secretary of International has revealed that the European Commission will allow Spain to reallocate Next Generation Funds to the recovery of Valencia after DANA. “You can assign new goals and make the flow of funds, which have not been spent and it is a lot, he dedicates himself to the reconstruction,” he explained.
As a Valencian, he sees it as a “humiliation” that President Pedro Sánchez tries to “take political budgetary advantage” from the DANA tragedy, after urging parliamentary groups this Tuesday to support his Accounts in order to approve other future aid to those affected. . “It’s really bad.” Even more so when “there are mechanisms” to provide direct aid without subjecting it to budget debate: either by decree law or with European aid.