Plebiscite on Perrisme and Sanchisme

BarcelonaThe most curious thing about these elections is that the right wants to frame them as a plebiscite on Sanchismo, and especially the last three years, and the PSOE... too. Everything in these elections revolves around the figure of the Spanish president. To some, a dangerous pseudo-communist dictator who has destroyed the Spanish nation. To others, an icon of the global left who has kept Spain out of the global reactionary wave. The difference is that the PSOE is trying to turn the campaign against Sanchismo into a boomerang, and for that reason, as they already did in 2023, they are playing the dogism card, that is, they are presenting the most carefree and relaxed Pedro Sánchez, in contrast to the bad mood represented by the right.

The plebiscite, of course, is taking place in Spain, because at this point we can already say that Catalonia will bet on dogism in a majoritarian way. In fact, anything that is not voting for the PP or Vox contributes, in one way or another, to the survival of Sanchismo (even if it is without Sánchez, as Junts wants). Everything points to the fact that this time, however, the Catalan votes will not be decisive and Spain will have the government it wants without the current Catalan-Basque interference. These elections are also about that. Not only about two opposing socioeconomic and governance models, but about stripping power from these two nations that, whether by instinct of survival or by conviction, bet on having a progressive government in Madrid. That is why, with the PP and Vox, the one who wins above all is Madrid and everything that entails.