Aside from the fact that it's always disappointing to hear politicians bickering while major disasters occur, the muted political crisis that has erupted around this summer's—horrific—fires on the Iberian Peninsula is indicative of the direction public debate will take in the new course of Spanish politics. The context, which we know well enough, was summed up by José María Aznar with his call for the siege and demolition of the government led by Pedro Sánchez: "Whoever can do something, let them do it." That's where we're coming from, from a permanent campaign to derail the left-wing coalition government that was re-established following the results of the July 2023 elections. A relentless campaign in which literally anything has been allowed, from the construction and staunch defense of lies that always tend to exploit the fears of political adversaries, to the erosion of institutions and even the constitutional order, when the PP and Vox don't buy into their narratives of fear and hate. The catalyst for all this, of course, is Pedro Sánchez himself, who has been transformed into a monster in the style of those represented in the past by Puigdemont, Otegi, Junqueras, Carod-Rovira, and Arzalluz, to name a few. What's new is that, for the first time, a Spanish president is being pilloried so that anyone who dares can denigrate him.