BarcelonaAlberto Núñez Feijóo has concluded that to reach La Moncloa (the Prime Minister's residence) he needs to coexist with uncomfortable neighbors, such as Vox. There is, therefore, no alternative. In fact, what he now needs to demonstrate is that PP-Vox governments work, and that this is a model that can be replicated in the Spanish executive branch. The dream of governing alone, already difficult for most of his supporters, is a distant prospect. malesThis is arithmetically impossible in a Parliament where Catalan and Basque votes also come into play, as is the case in the Congress. However, this coexistence can be, for many reasons, even more complex than the one Pedro Sánchez faces with his partners. Why? Because the political paradigm is changing at breakneck speed before our very eyes.
German Chancellor Frederic Merz declared the old international order dead at the Munich conference. At La Moncloa Núria Orriols He told us a week ago that they are already working with a new framework that transcends the traditional left-right divide: on one side, the Democrats, and on the other, a kind of new-style authoritarianism encompassing everyone from tech magnates to Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong-il, and the Chavista government. Seen from this perspective, the good rapport between Donald Trump and Delcy Rodríguez makes perfect sense. They speak the same language. The journalist Enric González I also wrote last week that the dichotomy lies between Christians—that is, those who believe in the equality of human beings and their universal rights—and a kind of paganism that draws from social Darwinism and Nietzsche and his Übermensch. It is evident that Donald Trump believes himself superior, especially to people of races other than white, and among them, to those who are not Anglo-Saxon.
The Serpent's Egg
Well, if this new paradigm takes hold, the PP is going to have a problem because it will be fractured almost in half. Vox and Aliança Catalana have no doubt about which side they're on (I have my doubts about Podemos), but within the PP there are people who, although they don't dare say it, feel closer to the PSOE and the democratic camp in general than to the far right and this new authoritarianism that is a pleasant sight. People who see that the pacts with Abascal's party are the serpent's egg that could end up devouring the PP from within by distorting its very nature.
It is from this perspective that the terror clearly visible in María Guardiola's eyes at the prospect of making a pact with Vox becomes much more understandable. Or that of Juanma Moreno Bonilla, who in June is literally gambling his political life on the line. In contrast, Isabel Díaz Ayuso has also made it clear this week that she stands with Trumpism and all that it entails. Feijóo believes he can maintain his balance, but in the long run, the unity of his party is at risk. And one day he will have to clarify which side he is on and what he wants to be.
