'El Mundo' activates the countdown to oust Sánchez

BarcelonaMadrid has been a political pressure cooker for some time, but in this summer of high temperatures, fires, earthquakes, and migratory crises in the capital of the State, there is a ray of hope, a comment that is whispered and that more or less says this: "Finally, this is the last summer of our lives with Pedro Sánchez as president." So much so that a newspaper like The World has decided to create a permanent section titled "Sánchez's Countdown." The name is well chosen because it can be interpreted in two ways: Sánchez's own countdown to calling elections, or each reader's countdown to consign Sánchez to the dustbin of history.

The section itself holds no further secrets. It consists of political reports explaining how badly the Sánchez government is doing and how poorly they have handled things. The first chapter was dedicated to the executive's parliamentary solitude (in this regard, it should be noted that in The World are particularly fans of Miriam Nogueras and Junts' decision to break with the PSOE) and the second, to corruption. It is deeply striking that in this report, rather than criticizing the corrupt themselves, the role of the civil servants who have helped uncover several scandals is highlighted. This is because in the Madrid mentality, despite ultraliberal Ayusism, civil servants are the defenders of the State against those who want to destroy it (sic), such as the PSOE. Seen from Catalonia, this vision is completely bizarre, but in Madrid they have internalized it deeply. And many of these civil servants have surely also activated their own countdown for when their people come to power and they can finally aspire to occupy better and better-paid positions.