The family judicial scandals, those of the party, the rapid defeats at the polls: the Spanish prime minister is in decline at home but Schlein and his companions exalt him.
How many times have we heard the leaders of the Italian left say: Italy should take an example from Spain, let alone the Meloni government. In fact, on Iberian soil, the comrades have been smarter than ours: they have thrown open the doors to nuclear energy by building super modern power plants and they have no problem buying Russian gas in full force in the face of the European embargo. But that’s where the good news ends Schlein and associates, who pretend not to see or that the Spanish socialism it is a corrupt system at its roots.
The news came in recent days that the former prime minister José Zapateroan elderly icon of the European left, was investigated for having pocketed two million in consultancy from a small airline which as prime minister he had saved from bankruptcy with a public contribution of 53 million; the current prime minister, Pedro Sanchezheld in the palm of the hand by continental progressives, is no better off: his wife, Begoña Gómezwas sent to trial at the end of a judicial investigation that lasted approximately two years for influence peddling, business corruption, embezzlement and embezzlement; his brother David, a professional musician and orchestra conductor, was indicted for abuse of office and influence peddling by the Badajoz court.
The broken myth of the Italian left and the judicial storm in Madrid
The Socialist PartyFurthermore, it was rocked by a corruption scandal which led to the resignation of the former Transport Minister, José Luis Ábaloswhen the judicial police of the Guardia Civil discovered that the secretary and number three of the PSOE, Santos Cerdaninfluenced the awarding of public contracts to some construction companies. Added to this are accusations of harassment and sexist behavior by some political exponents, among which the figure of the former political advisor stands out Francisco Salazar.
But, above all, and beyond the judicial issues, which are of no small importance, the Spain of Sanchez it is the perfect laboratory for a left that has lost touch with reality. A power managed through compromises with the independentists where, in order to keep the seat, a Madrid we are willing to do anything, even to sacrifice national unity on the altar of political calculation.
The laboratory of transformism between electoral decline and occupation of the State
While the prime minister sets himself up as a progressive champion in Europe, at home his is a monarchy based on increasingly fragile balances. This is demonstrated by the recent electoral rounds, such as the haemorrhaging of consensus in historical strongholds such asAndalusiawhere the socialists collapsed. This decline speaks to the discontent of a country that no longer allows itself to be enchanted by the rhetoric of “government by the people”.
“Sanchism” confirms itself as the masterpiece of modern transformism: an executive that survives not thanks to an overall vision or the enthusiastic consensus of the Spaniards, but because of a parliamentary arithmetic that winks at those who would like to fragment the nation. It is the arrogance of a leader who believes himself infallible while his royal Spain falls apart.
Under the facade of an alleged modernity, the true nature of this government is hidden: an apparatus that resists to occupy the State. And, when the bill arrives, as the polls continue to suggest, the Spanish citizen will pay the price for this unscrupulousness, tired of a socialism that puts the survival of its leader before the common good. Upon closer inspection, it is not surprising that the Spanish model is so dear to the Italian left: to command without being a majority, to govern with anyone, to be moral to everyone except oneself…
