Ramón Tamames, at 89 years of age, has enjoyed his moment of glory that he so longed for during all these days prior to Vox’s motion of no confidence against the Government. His photo has occupied most of the front pages of national newspapers and there has never been so much talk about him, his biography, his books or his ideology. The problem is that yesterday the day came when he had to make the motion and the result was surely not what he expected, nor was it Vox. The motion, pending today’s meeting, only served for Pedro Sánchez and Yolanda Díaz to take advantage of the session to hold their first major electoral rally and show their harmony as a left-wing ticket against the right-wing alternative. In the absence of Alberto Núñez Feijóo, who is not a deputy nor did he think it was convenient to attend the session as a stone guest, Sánchez took advantage of the gift that Vox offered him to lash out harshly against Santiago Abascal’s party and, rebounding, against the PP . All in the same bag.
Just as Unidas Podemos causes great wear and tear on the PSOE, the existence of Vox is a problem for the PP and a gift for Sánchez’s strategy to win the next elections. If Vox did not exist, the president would have to invent something similar. He always comes when you need him most.
Sánchez even allowed himself to flatter the PP of Pablo Casado, who voted against Vox’s first motion, and opposed it to the current one of Feijóo, who plans to abstain today. It is difficult to understand why now the popular do not maintain their vote against. In any case, they gave the socialist leader the opportunity to say that Feijóo was approaching Vox and that, at this rate, if Abascal presented a third before the end of the legislature, he would still achieve the support of the PP.
Tamames replied little to Sánchez and Díaz and nothing to all the groups that intervened in the afternoon. It seemed that he cared little about the impact that the debate could generate. He had already made his speech and had been the protagonist for many days, so the rest must have seemed secondary to him. Tamames, to yours. In any case, the question worth asking is what Vox was looking for with the motion. The feeling for days is that the party has shot itself in the foot.
