Iván Espinosa de los Monteros, founder and former secretary general and former spokesperson for Congress and Vox (also founder of the ideological group Atenea), predicted this Wednesday that “what will happen in Valencia between now and the next 18 to 24 months will be read.” … By population as a preamble to the future of the nation. For this reason, the former party leader, led by Santiago Abascal, called for “stable” measures to be taken to ensure a “stable and durable” new government capable of “implementing reforms”.
Speaking at a breakfast hosted by the Nueva Economía Forum, Espinosa de los Monteros acknowledged that the poll offers a positive vision for the Popular Party and Vox. This is because they will manage to add 190 to 200 members. “I’m satisfied and I hope the situation stabilizes. I hope there will be a change of government soon,” he declared, but also recalled saying the survey results were “flattering” and that he expected “a similar result” in 2023. He therefore said he was “cautious” and wanted to focus on working to ease the reforms approved by the current government.
Assuming Mr. Feijoo’s arrival at the Moncloa Palace, the Vox founder asserted that Mr. Sánchez needs an “ambitious, reformist, optimistic and courageous project” as he ends his term as president, and that he needs to be aware of “all the difficulties that will arise” when Mr. Sánchez ends his term as president. It will be “incredibly” and “very difficult” with “scorched streets” and “internal resistance” from day one, with left-wing journalists “trying to destroy the next government”.
Espinosa de los Monteros and PP
Guests at the event had the opportunity to ask questions of Espinosa de los Monteros. One of them, using his imagination, asked the former Vox publicist what he would do if Mr. Feijot offered him the position of PP. After thinking about it for a while, he said he would participate if it was an ambitious and courageous project, but he was reluctant to take on a “small position” that would be too “hands-on” because he was already deputy press secretary and was “very happy.” “What moves me, and I think it moves many of you, is the ambition to improve Spain, to reform, to build that opportunity, to leave a better Spain for our children, to fight against all the elements, despite all the circumstances. And I believe that we will all agree on that,” he insisted.
Espinosa de los Monteros used the example of Federico Starzenegger, Argentina’s Minister of National Deregulation and Transformation, to rework measures approved by the government of Pedro Sánchez. As he said, he “spent two years studying everything that needed to be dismantled” from the previous executive, which “came to the point of suppressing 10,000 articles”, an example he believes needs to be followed in Spain as well.
As for the government suffering from the absence of a parliamentary minority, even more evident now after the dissolution of Jantz, Espinosa de los Monteros ironically recalled that “the best moments of the last few years were the impasse between the First and Second Parliaments.” Sanchez has “a lot of experience governing without a budget,” but recalled that it was not an “inconvenience” for him.
The former Speaker of the House of Commons Box admits he finds life more relaxing outside of day-to-day politics, but declared he is “proud” of the role of the organization he founded in the House of Commons. “Being indoors forces you to react to the issues of the day. If I were the spokesperson for the game, I would have to react like this: Sanchez’s glasses, what color are the guayaberas…”
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