Antoni Bassas's analysis: 'On cynics, hypocrites and patriots'

The trial against the Attorney General has now endedNow all that remains is to await the verdict, which they say we'll know before the end of the year. The last session ended on a high note, with the Civil Guard's Central Operative Unit (UCO) accusing the prosecutor of being the leaker, which he denied. Judging by what was seen and heard, the prosecution has failed to prove that Álvaro García Ortiz was the leaker. Rather, the defense has presented witnesses who demonstrate that news of the agreement between Ayuso's partner and the Tax Agency was already circulating before the infamous email was in the Attorney General's possession.

After hearing the most important parts of the sessions, one is left with the conviction that this is a political trial by a court eager to convict the Attorney General for political reasons. This conviction is based on recent events, such as the trial of the Catalan independence leaders and the Supreme Court's refusal to apply the amnesty law. We said it repeatedly years ago, during the trial of the political prisoners: if they did it to them, they can do it to you. Well, there you have it.

Speaking of the amnesty, the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union is expected to issue his opinion today. While the Advocate General's opinion is not binding, it will certainly influence the European court's final decision.

And we're left with a bitter taste from yesterday's debate in the Congress of Deputies, for two reasons: because Sánchez continues to try to govern without passing a single budget, and because the actions of both pro-independence parties couldn't have been more sour. Listen to what Míriam Nogueras said to Pedro Sánchez: "You haven't kept your word, you're not a man of your word, and it seems you're only interested in power. Your speech today has only served to prove us right. You're a cynic and a hypocrite."

Junts has decided to treat Sánchez like a dirty rag, emphasizing that it has nothing to do with him, except for having made him president, but that was just a one-off and doesn't commit them to anything. By telling him to his face that he is a cynic and a hypocrite, Junts wanted to make it clear, for the umpteenth time, that His break with the PSOE is irreversible.It is risky, given that, when new elections come around, it will weigh heavily on the voters' minds whether the elections are about democracy or fascism, however much the PSOE is, in so many things, especially in relation to Catalonia, as much a party of the state as the PP.

AND Then there's Rufián"The only thing I can tell you is that those who doubt that Junts wants to destroy this don't realize that for Junts, Catalonia isn't their homeland, it's their business, and they're losing it. And that, perhaps, they don't share a flag with these people, but they share interests and masters. Masters, above all. Because everyone in Madrid knows that the far-right digital leaders are promising to make Feijóo president of the government in exchange for anything. I do ask that they stop harming my country, my people."

Rufián remains within his left-wing bloc, and can finally unleash all his old resentment against Junts.

But above Nogueras, Rufián, and Sánchez are the people. A PP and Vox government, to state the obvious, is a nightmare. But for the PSOE to try to govern without passing a single budget is a farce. Sánchez merely said he's going to hold on, but that's not governing. I don't know if this is cynical or hypocritical. What it certainly isn't is politically decent.

Good morning.