Although the president of the government in office avoided meeting with the most shocking collective protest imaginable, that is, Basque pensioners, his round of meetings with different civic organizations has continued unimpeded without meanwhile there seems to be nothing like an investment negotiation. It goes without saying that we are facing a modus operandi that seeks to push the situation to the limit, in order to present as an argument that the situation has reached the limit. This is such an elementary trick that it shouldn't work, but the truth is that it works. That is, it works for those who put it into practice. And that is what it is about.

In fact, the same maneuver was successful just a few weeks ago. It is known that a coalition government is not explored in 72 hours, as if it were a rescue film. An agreement of such nature requires a willingness to understand , which is precisely what is suppressed under the express negotiation format; let's not say if the "preferred partner" of the campaign is renamed as an unworthy amateur of credit. However, to the extent that Sanchez was able to put on the suit of statesman to reject Iglesias in Congress and public opinion spread the impression that Podemos had been filled with a ball, the story was fixed: the Socialists were able to present the failure of a coalition that they never wanted as a lost opportunity and to discard that formula for the future. If there is no government, we are repeated, it will be the fault of others .

And here we are again, witnessing a variation of that same sainete. A president who has a third of the deputies aspires to be allowed to govern alone, without making any binding offer and simply asking for "generosity" from his rivals : he suspects that the repetition of elections will give him new deputies. So while nervousness grows on his left, Sanchez maintains his international agenda and takes pictures with civil society, reinforcing his presidential image to the public. Naturally, there will still be a "program offer" that allows to say in the debates that they "have tried" and the others "have not wanted". There are already 300 proposals, although they could have been 3,000: by themselves, they mean nothing.

In short: follow the theater, run the clock, panic. And some, too, began to yawn .

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