They do not finish assuming in Moncloa that

the Conference of Presidents cannot be a mere instrument of image, and even of propaganda, to the greater glory of Pedro Sánchez

.

The leaders of the Autonomous Communities met with him yesterday in La Palma in the delicate context left by the dramatic earthquake caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which joins the consequences of the crisis after two years of pandemic and with a recovery still too weak.

It was to be welcomed

ction the meeting to address all these issues that concern citizens so much.

But yesterday's summit failed again in his approach, as has happened with almost all those promoted by Sánchez

-Authentic "teasing" some leaders came to qualify-

.

Because the lack of specific measures, the vagueness of the Government's commitments and the rhetorical messages once again distorted a Conference from which clear announcements should have come out and the assumption of clear commitments, as the tenant of La Moncloa the different participants, especially emphatically the president of the Xunta,

Nunez Feijoo

, which called for a general reduction in taxes until the end of the year, especially on electricity, gas and fuel.

But

yesterday the Government did not go much further than good words

.

Sánchez announced a "tax reduction for the affected sectors" as demanded by the communities governed by the PP, although without specifying it.

And he promised the autonomies that he will guarantee the economic resources for the reception of refugees from Ukraine.

But a plan was also missed -none of help has been articulated-

in which Moncloa should have been working for almost three weeks

, just as we have seen that the Executives of other member states of the European Union have done to which the almost three million citizens who have been forced to flee the country now invaded due to the atrocious offensive of the Russian troops are arriving.

An exodus that will grow because indiscriminate attacks against civilians intensify, like the one that also killed the American journalist this Sunday

Brent Renaud

, viciously shot by soldiers under the orders of the war criminal occupying the Kremlin.

And within the framework of the propaganda that he likes so much, Sánchez appealed to "unity", without political colours, at the start of the Conference and from Moncloa they congratulated themselves on the attendance of all the regional presidents for the first time in 10 years. .

However the

unacceptable rudeness to the King starring the leader of the Catalan Generalitat, Pere Aragonès

, was a new insult to all Spaniards.

And he showed that, far from the intended unity, the independence movement takes advantage of its position of strength in the face of a weak government that it supports to perpetrate offenses that do not take their toll while taking a slice of the State.

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