Feijóo against bad immigrants
The leader (let's say so) of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, has chosen Barcelona to present his party's immigration plan, namely: severe restrictions on the arrival of people, wholesale expulsions of bad immigrants "who come to commit crimes and live on benefits" (as opposed to immigrants), points-based citizenship cards, etc. Feijóo chose Barcelona to present his original proposals because, in his opinion, it is one of the places where there is the most disorder with immigration, because of the independence movement. Feijóo and his team come to say that Catalonia is a region destroyed, as demonstrated by the fact that it is invaded by immigration, and if it is invaded by immigration it is a consequence of the independence movement neglecting important issues to embark on a chimerical and impossible enterprise of hatred against Spain.
The PP has naturally taken note of the Catalan Alliance's push and is quick to take sides: if there is a racist, anti-immigrant independence movement, they will oppose it by representing a racist, anti-immigrant Spanish nationalism. But a serious one, not like others. In this way, they believe they are in a position to confront external ultra-nationalist populism (Vox) and also internal one (Ayuso). Faced with all these xenophobic rabble-rousers, Feijóo presents himself as a xenophobe of order, prepared to fish within the Spanish-Spanish electorates, both Catalan and Spanish, and among the disenchanted and disoriented Catalan-Catalan voters. They will achieve something, but it will not be enough, at least according to the polls. If Vox closes the gap with the PP, and the PP loses its determination to the point that the PSOE remains the most voted force, then Feijóo's failure is complete. Along the way, he will have dedicated himself to increasing social fracture and tension by pointing out entire groups of people as criminals.
The proposals and rhetoric of traditional right-wing parties that try to embrace, to a greater or lesser degree, the brutality of the far right are also beginning to show signs of exhaustion. If not, ask Macron or Merz. Also ask some of the PP men who are quick to give a xenophobic speech, like Prohens last week in the general policy debate on the Balearic Islands: insulting immigrants from the Parliament, calling them criminals, will not serve to stop the rise of Vox either. In Catalonia, Feijóo's gesticulations and Alejandro Fernández's tense jokes will hardly stop the wave of support for Vox and the Catalan Alliance, nor will they redirect it in favor of a disoriented PP harassed by the corruption it tries to denounce in the PSOE. Repeating it so often, the word goodism, The right-wing's beloved figure has also become a caricature. Trump's technicolor achievements dazzle them and make them think they have a long way to go, but Feijóo is today the living image of the exhaustion and lack of consistency, discourse, and ideas of the traditional European right.
