In politics, the dialectic between theory, with its axioms, and practice, with its realities, is constant.
And it is assumed that the parties fulfill the function of matching their principles to the management so as not to sin by being excessively doctrinaire without falling into cynicism either.
The PSOE, the result of its cohabitation with Podemos, has experienced a hyper-ideologization during this sanchista stage that often blocks the application of sensible policies adapted to the Spanish reality
of our time, as if it did not like it and intended to replace it with a BOE blow.
It is the case of
the Animal Welfare Law, which is meeting with the opposition no longer from the opposition
but of some communities governed by socialists.
Among them, Castilla-La Mancha stands out for its forcefulness, which has made an amendment to the entire central Executive rule, drafted from "an urban mentality that has no logic" in the opinion of Emiliano García-Page.
The Castilian-La Mancha president is correct in stating that "animal welfare cannot become people's discomfort."
It is not the first time that Page, the baron most critical of Sánchez, collides with Moncloa.
He already did it ostensibly when the President of the Government decided to pardon the seditionous Catalans to continue counting on his parliamentary support.
Now the reason is none other than the protection of the primary sector, whose weight in the economy and in the way of life of the region is indisputable.
Page already came out in defense of intensive farming when Minister Garzón irresponsibly attacked
against meat produced on those farms, which are otherwise closely regulated.
The same thing happens with the hunting sector: its social stigmatization is growing and the regulations are becoming more and more restrictive for purely ideological reasons -the militant animalism of the left-, which has provoked an angry reaction from the world of the countryside.
That malaise, which translates into protests and demonstrations as relevant as the one last March,
was quickly identified by Vox to try to champion the cause of rural Spain
, which in reality should challenge all the parties in the interests of greater social and national cohesion.
The proliferation of provincialist brands responds to the same phenomenon: a feeling of grievance that animal rights laws such as the one promoted by the Executive will only exacerbate.
The president of Castilla-La Mancha, far from having an ally in Moncloa, must deal with sectarian legislation that harms the interests of rural Spain.
And he is aware that
the country-city axis weighs more in many areas of your region than the traditional divide between left and right
.
That is why it is going to join other autonomies -although they are governed by the PP- to try to make a common front against this law.
The Government has a serious problem when its idea of animal welfare is not bought by its territorial co-religionists.
Hopefully Moncloa is able to lay down his intransigence to address his allegations.
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