Feijóo and Abascal believe the "collapse" that will take them to the Moncloa has already arrived.

The Spanish right, and especially the far right, have long flirted with the "great collapse theory," which the Sánchez government's leftist policies will inevitably provoke, and which will also inevitably lead them to the Moncloa Palace. According to Núñez Feijóo and Santiago Abascal this Wednesday, the blackout is not a technical issue that must be investigated and resolved, but the consequence of a certain way of governing and a specific "ideology," that of this "climate fanaticism," to which they attribute not only Europe's economic decline (Agenda 2023, Pact). They have spoken of a "generalized collapse" and a "moral blackout," while Abascal has preferred the expression "historical calamity." Time, and that Monday, finally, it became a reality before their eyes. Perhaps it could have been something else: a jihadist attack, a shock crime committed by an immigrant, a natural disaster, etc. In fact, they already tried it with the DANA (today Abascal has insisted on cleaning up the ravines, etc.) the only thing they could hope for was a tie between administrations.

But not the blackout; the blackout is the sole responsibility of the Spanish government, which controls the grid through a state-controlled company, Red Eléctrica. And what Sánchez has found today is a hostile Congress, with a PP and Vox party that already seem to be dividing up ministries, a Junts party that is increasingly less inclined to form a united front with the Spanish right on issues like nuclear energy or reduced working hours, and a Podemos party willing to derail the executive with this excuse.

Feijóo's problem is that, despite everything going his way, he's failing to take off and, above all, doesn't seem in a position to concentrate the anti-Sánchez vote and minimize Vox as he would like. Not only is the PP and Vox a social democrats, but the PP-Vox pact should also serve to bring Pedro Sánchez and his family to trial.