Aznar's warning to Feijóo (under Rajoy's watch)

MadridJust two blocks from the Congress of Deputies and with Alberto Núñez Feijóo still seated in the chamber, José María Aznar and Mariano Rajoy briefly met at a meeting organized by the Freedom and Democracy Group, made up of Latin American leaders and former presidents who, at least in the image of Aznar, are united. at the gates of the party congress, of the two former Spanish presidents with the current leader of the PP, that the control session has come to an end. "Things are what they are," Aznar justified in a brief speech in the auditorium of the Ateneo de Madrid when he excused himself for not being able to stay. Before leaving, however, he left a warning for Feijóo.

"Winning because the rejection of the adversary is greater than the enthusiasm of one's own allows us to save electoral programs. It is enough to stir up confrontation. And that has consequences. Not having a clear mandate encourages an erratic course," he warned Aznar, echoing the warnings in recent days to the PP leader from other prominent figures of the hardline wing of the party about his ideological direction, which must be defined in view of the meeting on July 4, 5 and 6. While Feijóo has placed the moderates at the head of the political report of the popular congress and the question looms as to whether she will dare to take a forceful stand, both Isabel Díaz Ayuso and Esperanza Aguirre have begun to apply pressure.

Two days ago, at the presentation of the former Madrid president's book, which was attended by her successor in the Madrid PP, Aguirre called for the adoption of Ayusoism at the state level. In a comment reminiscent of Aznar's, Ayuso warned that the PP must be more than just "throwing out Sánchez" and must generate a project that "excites." Despite camouflaging it with a mention of the US president, whom she compared to Sánchez, the comment hinted at the long shadow of Aznarism at the popular congress.

Rajoy and Galicianism

The one who did wait for Feijóo was Rajoy, whose style provoked laughter from the audience several times. "Almost everyone here is Galician," the current PP leader joked when taking the family photo not only with Rajoy but also with other former presidents such as Argentina's Mauricio Macri and Bolivia's Jorge Quiroga. "Do you want a Galician president?" said Quiroga, who is running again for the Bolivian presidency in this year's elections.

Among the audience were citizens of Bolivian origin residing in Spain and members of the People's Party (PP). "Let them know that Congress called him out of conviction, and that in the manual he was called out of conviction, and that he is a populist. That will be his opposite," the PP president assured an audience that gave him a standing ovation, eager for a conservative president in Moncloa who aligns with their principles in Latin America.