The resistance of

Pedro Sánchez

to assume the political consequences of the unpopular adjustments that Brussels demands to be able to access the 140,000 million European funds is leading members of the Government to move

between concealment and deception

.

Concealment, in the first place, as a premeditated (although unsuccessful) electoral strategy to prevent a flight of votes in Madrid in the face of the revelation of a tax hack.

And deception, because despite the promises of the coalition government, the aum

ent of taxes will not affect the highest incomes, but

fundamentally to the middle and working classes

.

Once again, the speech of the PSOE and United We Can is the opposite of the policies that are promoted by the Executive that both parties maintain, and that last Tuesday suffered a forceful rejection at the polls.

And that's the main reason why

Ministers Calviño and Montero are reluctant to formally present all the details of the plan sent to Europe

, preventing citizens from knowing, without denials or probe balloons, the true dimension of the adjustment they will have to face.

Responses such as the one offered by Calviño when the Government's intention to suppress the bonuses for the joint personal income tax return - a measure that currently benefits two million households - was known to be an insult to the maturity of citizens.

Faced with the strong rejection caused by the ad,

The Vice President and Minister of Economic Affairs described the measure as "errata"

, despite the fact that it is included in the document presented to Brussels.

Similarly, the Government has been forced to postpone until 2024 the decision to collect a toll on all public highways.

Two examples of

obscurantism and the fickleness with which communication is being managed

of one of the most important structural reform projects of the last decades.

However, the recovery plan sent to Brussels last week is quite explicit in relation to the tax increase that the Government is preparing: "Our tax system, and in a broad sense public revenue, has room for growth."

The Government then confirms to the European Union

its willingness to increase the fiscal pressure of our country by 7.3 points, from 39.2% of current GDP to 46.5%

, the weighted average of the Eurozone countries.

This rise would imply the collection of up to

90,000 million euros

, whose burden would fall, fundamentally, on the middle classes.

It is totally unacceptable that the Government is reluctant to offer the public opinion in a clear and complete way the adjustment program for the coming years.

Spaniards have the right to know what the nature of the new tax burdens will be and how they will be distributed by social and productive sectors.

Sánchez must be aware that

governing implies assuming responsibilities, and not trying to hide the situation and real intentions from the Spanish.

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