UNDER REGISTRATION

Updated Tuesday, February 20, 2024-00:25

The process of territorial decomposition that Pedro Sánchez's PSOE is going through became evident in the regional elections of 28-M and has once again emerged starkly this Sunday. The

disaster of the PSdeG

, which only represents 14% of Galicians and which has given the BNG the position of alternative to the PP, is the latest proof that the blending of the PSOE with nationalisms has a high cost in the regional implementation of the party .

The most serious thing, however, is

the harmful effect of es

weakness in the entire political system

. That, in its configuration of a "plurinational" Spain divided into blocks as a means of avoiding alternation in La Moncloa, a systemic party like the socialist party has

resigned to structure the country

and has stopped acting as a containment dam for secessionism to promote them is a turn that seriously compromises the stability of the State.

The collapse of the PSOE in the regions is evident

. In four years it has seen its seats reduced in 12 of the 17 Autonomous Communities, it has lost power in six and it only presides over three, while in Madrid, the Basque Country and Galicia it is the third force. This disintegration also sharpens the personalist model that Sánchez has imposed on the party, since

Without solid barons, the Secretary General barely has any counterweights.

internal. His attempt, yesterday, to attribute the poor results to the absence of strong regional leaders is an exercise in cynicism.

The reality is that only Castilla-La Mancha resists with an absolute socialist majority: the one achieved by a

anti-sanchista

declared. Yesterday

Emiliano García-Page

He raised his voice with words that represented a qualitative leap: he was glad for the victory of the

popular

Alfonso Rueda, in his opinion preferable to a Xunta headed by the pro-independence party

Ana Pontón,

which Ferraz has promoted during the campaign. Javier Lambán also spoke. As we revealed today, more and more socialist officials find it difficult for Sánchez to survive politically if, as may happen, he loses the European elections in June.

For now, the president's "plurinational" bet is only profitable for the PSOE in La Moncloa and in Catalonia, although with nuances.

The PSC won on 23-J, but now it is blurred,

without presence in the Government and with Junts and ERC taking center stage. Before, probably on April 21, the Basque elections will take place, in which the PSE is running behind Bildu and PNV, and again as a crutch for projects that promote inequality.

What guarantee can Eneko Andueza present today?

when the socialists have just handed over the Pamplona City Council to Arnaldo Otegi?

With the abandonment of the PSOE,

the responsibility that falls on the PP

of Feijóo is crucial: the constitutional edifice - Spain as a common project - rests alone on his shoulders.

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