Puigdemont takes pressure off Sánchez (and himself) and blames Feijóo

BarcelonaAlberto Núñez Feijóo has shown that he is well connected to the European People's Party and that his banner is that of a more united Spain. plotting against the official status of Catalan. But he has also given an alibi to his political adversaries. Both Pedro Sánchez and Carles Puigdemont.

Normally, the first reaction is what counts, also in politics, and Puigdemont's is indicative of what effect the new postponement of the European Union's decision will have on the Spanish government: zero. At least for now. The Junts leader has attacked Feijóo and placed all responsibility on the role of the PP, exonerating the Moncloa from the outset in the matter.

Feijóo, therefore, has given Pedro Sánchez the excuse to justify that he has not yet fulfilled the commitment to Junts that he has held since before the investiture. And it has also taken the pressure off Carles Puigdemont: if all eyes turn to the PP, Junts will also avoid creating a new stability crisis in the Spanish government, despite having yet to fulfill a requirement that should have been "paid in advance" before Sánchez's election.

But above all, both sides are dodging the conflict at a key moment: this month the Constitutional Court must decide whether to endorse the amnesty law and, shortly after, it will have to rule on Puigdemont's specific case.

Everyone will agree, then, that the PP is to blame, but neither the PSOE nor Junts can claim ignorance: they cannot say that, when they promised the official status of Catalan in the European Union on an express basis, they didn't know that the PP would move heaven and earth to try to prevent it.