It does not go as far as Pablo Casado, who led a campaign in Europe against the allegedly “clientist” and even “corrupt” use of European funds in Spain, but Alberto Núñez Feijóo also criticizes the implementation of this aid by the Spanish government in community forums . The President of the PP is attending this Wednesday, the second and last day of the Congress of the European People’s Party (EPP) in Rotterdam (Netherlands), and from there he has questioned the “opacity” and the “low execution” of the funds in Spain . In his speech at the Conclave of European Conservatives, Feijóo painted a negative picture of the Spanish situation, based on the “division” of the government and its external “weakness” alongside the high level of debt and inflation, but called for calm because the PP “is the immediate future of Spain”.
The leader of the Spanish Conservatives gave a 10-minute speech entirely in Spanish, in which he summarized his criticism of the situation in Spain and its government. According to Feijóo, it was some of his European counterparts who expressed their unease about Spain’s development in Rotterdam and he has limited himself to sharing those concerns publicly. “I understand your concerns about the lack of transparency and the low execution of European funds,” said the leader of the PP, referring to his party colleagues from the rest of Europe. “I understand the unrest due to my country’s internal divisions and external weakness; I share your concern about the anti-NATO position of part of the Spanish government; I am aware of your surprise at the extremely high level of debt in the Spanish economy; I am aware of your concerns about inflation above the European average,” he added.
Feijóo has also asked for “immediate knowledge of the reforms announced in Brussels, particularly those related to the future of pensions” and has urged his European counterparts to “trust” the situation in Spain despite his negative portrayal. Spain, “because the trust that Spain deserves is much higher than that that its government deserves”.
The popular leader has also portrayed the PP as the guarantor of the euro’s rules, distancing himself from “the Eurosceptic opposition”. [Vox]’ and ‘by the anti-NATO part of the government [Unidas Podemos]“. “The Spanish PP represents stability, which the government does not represent,” he defended himself to his European colleagues.
The Spanish PP represents stability, which the government does not represent.”
Alberto Nuñez Feijoo
Feijóo takes his first steps in international politics in Rotterdam. As part of this PPE summit, the Conservative leader makes his debut on the European stage with several bilateral meetings with community leaders and also foreigners invited to the Congress. The first took place yesterday with Moroccan Prime Minister Aziz Ajanuch, with whom Feijóo met following the controversy sparked in Spain by Pedro Sánchez’s government’s partisanship in the Sahara conflict. The popular leader used this meeting to criticize the executive for its policy towards Morocco and to offer his “loyalty” to Ajanuch. However, Feijóo would not reveal his position on the former Spanish colony, saying he could not have one until he knew “exactly” that of the Spanish government.
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