The greater the crisis, the more economic populism

It was worth wondering if

would have understood the message of the Andalusians in the elections with such an overwhelming commitment to policies of

.

His appearance yesterday after the extraordinary Council of Ministers reveals, however, that, after the socialist debacle, the president has chosen to reinforce

that in economic matters seems completely counterproductive.

With much more rhetoric of self-aggrandizement than the circumstances allow and wrapped in the flag of victimhood, he denounced an alleged campaign against his government from economic and media sectors with the argument that they are

.

Not a trace of self-criticism nor, of course, a willingness to amend a failed political project, which is the one to which the citizens are turning their backs, aware, among other things, that a change of direction is urgently needed so as not to continue delving into the serious institutional crisis that our country is going through. country nor in economic imbalances that hit the pocket.

Thus, the

that were already in force, with the addition of some other provisions such as the reduction for transport passes or the aid check for workers and unemployed with incomes of less than 14,000 euros, represent a amount of another 9,000 million euros which, although they will somewhat dilute social discontent, will aggravate the already

.

The Government ignores the recommendations of economic agents such as the Bank of Spain to balance its plans to combat runaway inflation with deep structural reforms that serve to start cleaning up coffers that are not a bottomless pit and do not allow endless shooting with king's gunpowder

Not to mention that the OECD warned this week of

to catch some air.

The economic situation, of enormous complexity, requires serious planning to begin with.

Yesterday's Council of Ministers was reached with a fierce confrontation between the socialist party and the residence and the measures were approved in a Solomonic way to get out of the way, without a minimum technical analysis or a pre-assessment of the impact.

For this reason, measures are extended

, such as the general discount of 20 cents on gasoline.

It is to keep hitting the same wall.

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