Alejandro Fernández in the 'Lonely Cadillac'
The PP leadership does not attend the presentation of his controversial book in Madrid.
Madrid"If anyone was expecting a controversial headline about the turbulent internal life of the PP, they will be disappointed," warned Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo at the beginning of the presentation of Alejandro Fernández's book, that has shaken the partyAt the event this Monday night at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid, the leader of the Catalan PP has sorted out some of the most controversial phrases it contains. In underwear off(La Esfera de los Libros, 2025) - he has not spoken of "tutelage" from Génova nor has he described her as a "human crusher of Catalan leaders." "My commitment to the party and to my president is indisputable," Fernández assured. "It was not written against Alberto Núñez Feijóo, but for Feijóo," Álvarez de Toledo insisted.
No member of the PP leadership has listened to this conciliatory message because they have been left alone. Neither Feijóo nor any of the party's top brass has accompanied Fernández, which has created an image that has already It has become a regular feature of the Catalan Popular leader's public appearances in the Spanish capital.. Fernández in one lonely Cadillac, but without the nostalgia of Loquillo's song. The romance that the Catalan singer yearned for, reminiscent of a lost love, never materialized between Feijóo and Fernández. In fact, the leader of the Catalan People's Party (PP) has been closer to the rocker than the president of his own party. Loquillo, known for also being allergic to the Proceso (Procession), has presented his new book. Paseo de Gracia in a room adjacent to the one where Fernández was presented.
The event was attended by one of the protagonists of Fernández's book, one of the "crushed" leaders of the Catalan People's Party (PP), Alejo Vidal-Quadras. Also in the audience were former Madrid president Esperanza Aguirre, senator and member of Parliament Lorena Roldán, and former Vox MP Juan Luis Steegman, who left the far-right party due to disagreements with the leadership. Without backing down, Fernández argued that if he makes his criticisms, it is precisely to contribute to the continuity of a project he believes in. "I am asking for autonomy not to distance myself from the PP but to be able to be one naturally," he said. "I am 48 years old and I have already turned everything upside down, spending the summers in Salou when I was 20."
Fernández warned that the PP and the Spanish right in general are making the "structural mistake" of ignoring the fact that there is a process that is no longer strictly Catalan and that, if this political space does not fight to prevent it, it could culminate in "self-determination through a confederal Republic." The leader of the Catalan People's Party (PP) expressed concern that even members of his own party consider this approach "radical."