Antoni Bassas' analysis: "It's clear that we put up the money, not them."

In the end, Spain will not buy the 15 million bullets from Israel. This is what President Sánchez has decided., who thus disavows his Interior Minister, Marlaska, after pressure from Sumar and Podemos. Vice President Díaz demanded a reversal, arguing that the purchase of ammunition constituted a "flagrant violation of international law and government agreements" because "we are witnessing a genuine genocide in Gaza."

That the Spanish government is hanging on by a hair has been known since day one. But it is something that Junts does not vote for a law, or that Sánchez can't approve the budget, or that the vice president calls the Minister of Economy a "bad person" because she doesn't want the reduction of the working day, or that Díaz is now confronting Marlaska, and another that Sánchez has to correct a minister from his own party, the PSOE. Vice president Díaz has already come out and said that "there is no crisis in the government": "We are focused on the cancellation of a contract that should never have existed." You might say: the last thing Sumar wants is to lose power and positions that may take many years to regain. And the Socialists will be able to bury the issue. In fact, there is a lot of talk about bullets, but this way the increase in defense spending of more than 10 billion, announced the day after the death of Pope Francis, is already normalized. What a coincidence, the industry has won the lottery. But the episode represents a very low point in Sánchez's ability to keep everything under control.

Regarding this episode, a matter of no small importance: we're going to pay for these bullets twice over. This reversal will cost us more than six million euros out of our pockets, out of our taxes, to pay compensation for the broken order from the Israeli company that will no longer supply ammunition to the Civil Guard, and they'll have to order it from another supplier. It's clear that the money isn't theirs. In any private company, a stubborn argument that ended up costing six million euros would have serious consequences for those responsible for that loss. This is probably just another day in Pedro Sánchez's office, and perhaps the episode won't be remembered, but between the clumsiness of the Spanish government and the scriptwriters of Poland Demanding that President Isla present a sketch on Catalan politics, how can they expect us not to talk about Pope Francis, the conclave, or tomorrow's Copa del Rey final?

Good morning and have a nice weekend.