Diplomatic crisis like a farmhouse with Israel and bumped into Italy. All on the same day in November. New clash with the General Council of the Judiciary regarding the State Attorney General. Judgment of the Supreme Court that invalidates the appointment of former socialist minister Magdalena Valerio as president of the Council of State. Imminent meeting in Geneva of the PSOE and Junts per Catalunya delegations with an international verifier whose identity the two parties have agreed not to reveal. Demonstration, next Sunday, in defense of the Constitution called by the Popular Party in front of the Debod temple in Madrid, in the Cuartel de la Montaña park, five hundred meters from the PSOE headquarters in Carrer Ferraz, where the nightly gatherings of the extreme right have already entered a rather terminal phase.
Thus concludes the so-called National November, the movement that had to prevent the investiture of Pedro Sánchez and the consummation of the pact on the investiture. Historians will have to thoroughly study the month of November 2023 in Spain. In the events of these last thirty days are the keys to the future of this country. Someone will resist. Someone will be forced to change lines. Someone can end up in marginality. Someone must have read the times correctly. Someone must have made the wrong bet. We don’t know who yet. As transitional minister Pío Cabanillas Gallas said, “we will win, but we don’t know who”.
Israel calls for consultations its ambassador in Madrid, Rodica Radian-Gordon, a diplomat with a cordial disposition and deep democratic convictions, as a sign of protest for some statements by Sánchez, yesterday morning on TVE1, in which he questioned that the offensive Israeli position on Gaza regarding human rights. It is an opinion shared by millions of citizens, probably the majority. Last weekend, the Israeli Foreign Minister, Eli Cohen, accused Sánchez, the Belgian Prime Minister, Alexander de Croo, and the Irish Prime Minister, Leo Varadkar, of “collaborating with terrorism” for his criticism of the Netanyahu Government’s policy in Gaza.
Israel leaves and Algeria returns. A couple of weeks ago, Algiers sent a new ambassador to Spain and closed the diplomatic crisis that started a year and a half ago over the issue of Western Sahara. The Spanish position on Gaza has interested the Algerians as much as it has displeased the Government of Israel, which maintains, silently, its good connection with Morocco. This is an important point. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, will appear in Congress next Tuesday. It will be interesting to hear Junts per Catalunya’s intervention. If they want to get closer without talking about amnesty, Junts and the Popular Party can find a nexus in Israel.
Collision with Italy. In the same interview with TVE1, Sánchez recalled yesterday that Italy is governed by the far-right. Soon the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs answered him through the X network. Politician of the Berlusconi team and Manfred Weber’s official in the European People’s Party, Antonio Tajani says that Spain is ruled by the extreme left and the separatists, and it calls into question that the rule of law is respected. So far, no one has called any ambassadors. Tajani is one of the guarantors of the operation to bring the EPP closer to sectors of the extreme right that swear allegiance to NATO. In this area we find the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, who actively intervened in the last Spanish electoral campaign supporting Vox’s entry into a future government. The day after Sánchez’s investiture, Meloni received Santiago Abascal in Rome.
Many things worthy of study have happened in November. For example, the European campaign has begun, with upcoming flying goals in Galicia and the Basque Country.