Feijóo gives up on seducing Catalonia
BarcelonaAlberto Núñez Feijóo has learned his lesson. He can't come to Barcelona and try to seduce Catalan businesspeople with arguments he'll have to swallow as soon as he arrives in Zaragoza, which is what happened to him the first time. This Tuesday, Feijóo, speaking at the Círculo de Economía, declined to offer any specific message regarding regional financing or takeover bids and simply limited himself to delivering the same speech he would give at a meeting with businesspeople in Extremadura or La Rioja: tax cuts and the repeal of interventionist laws like the ones mentioned above. The dream of an autonomist PP, which those attending the 2022 conference dreamed of, has gradually faded, until it has completely disappeared in 2025.
Curiously, Feijóo has followed to the letter the manual of his representative in Catalonia, and until yesterday internal opponent, Alejandro Fernández, who in his book In underwear off He argues that the PP should not make any kind of approach to Catalanism. The disappointed expressions of those attending his speech and Jaume Guardiola's own tone in his conversation with him said it all. And even more so when the day before, Pedro Sánchez had taken great care to praise the Catalonia of Salvador Illa. They haven't gotten even a single nod from Feijóo. Nothing. Not even a reference to his peripheral Galician-speaking status.
Between Ayuso and Vox
Feijóo has come to the conclusion that if he wants to reach the Moncloa, he cannot deviate even a millimeter from the doctrine dictated in Puerta del Sol (Ayuso-Aznar). And doing so has cost him several disappointments. Not in vain is he the first PP leader to have to contradict himself after revealing to a group of journalists that he would be willing to consider a pardon for Carles Puigdemont. We may never know what Feijóo really thinks, because if he ever reaches the Moncloa, it will have to be with Vox, which will subject him to an even tougher challenge than Ayuso's. But he is banking on a miracle and not having to rely on Abascal. It would be the only way to discover the real Feijóo.
