Culture and Cooperation, Social Affairs and Equality are the areas in which the Queen alone focuses. Iglesias and Montero must collaborate with her
First move from Podemos to the Queen
If the investiture debate of Pedro Sánchez made it clear that his independence partners are going to redouble this legislature the attacks on the King, symbol of national unity , the first week of the new Government has confirmed that from one of the two parties of the coalition, We can Nor will things make the Crown easy. The first move was on Thursday, when neither the brand new Minister of Equality, Irene Montero, nor the Secretary of State for gender violence, also the podemite Noelia Vera, accompanied Queen Letizia to an act on how to combat the scourge of macho abuse . It had to be the Minister of Health who seconded the consort.
If the move anticipates a scenario of coldness of Podemos with Zarzuela we would be faced with a very compromised situation especially for the Queen. Because the four ministers of the purple formation now direct areas in which much of the institutional work carried out by Doña Letizia is centered. Specifically, the Ministries of Social Affairs, with Pablo Iglesias in front, and of Equality, with Montero, will be responsible for coordinating with the King's House many of the public events in which the consort participates, for more than the master lines of All official activity of the Royal Family ultimately depends on the Presidency. The greater or lesser visibility of the Kings, the strengthening or weakening of their national and international agenda, inevitably responds to the will of the King's House but above all the Government of the day. We have already lived a year and a half in which Don Felipe has suffered a notable noneune by President Sánchez . And for months, Zarzuela has been worried that a Coalition Executive between the PSOE and Podemos translates into a low-profile legislature for the Crown, something that would resent his image before public opinion.
Irene Montero wanted to dispel in an interview in the Al Rojo vivo program of La Sexta any discomfort from having to work side by side with the Kings. And it would be good if it is, in effect, for the proper functioning of the institutions and for the general interest. But the background of the purple formation arouses logical misgivings. Since the emergence of the political platform, after 15-M, Iglesias has launched his most virulent darts against the Head of State. And, in a demonstration of both contempt and ignorance , he strongly criticized the imposition of the Golden Fleece on the Princess of Asturias in 2015, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Don Felipe. "It's bad taste to give something of 50,000 euros to a 12-year-old girl," he said. It was neither a gift nor had that value. But everything was worth to attack the Monarchy. Now, as Vice President of the Government, it is likely that Iglesias will have to attend more than one solemn ceremony of imposition of the Fleece this legislature.
Worse niceties has released Irene Montero. As an activist, before the proclamation of the King in 2014 he was responsible for poking him on his Twitter, releasing things like he would never reign because before he would get the "guillotine" . And he lashed out hard against Doña Letizia when she was involved in the controversy over the publication of private messages to her then friend "compi yogui" Javier López Madrid . Although the couple has fallen very short in their criticism compared to the brand new Consumer Minister Alberto Garzón, who said the softest thing he said about the Kings until last May, on the eve of the first negotiation for a coalition government of left, it was that "they are thieves."
"Thieves" and "lovely"
Beyond what they think about the Monarchy, Iglesias also declared in 2018 that Don Felipe and Doña Letizia "are lovely". The leader of Podemos was grateful for the warm interest that the Monarchs had shown to the couple after the premature birth of their twins.
The Queen has an agenda still very discreet compared to other European royal consorts. Each year it participates in about 100 institutional events , most of them with the King. And the speeches he offers are unfortunately counted on the fingers of one hand. Increasing its own agenda remains a pending issue, which is now in the hands of the new Government.
As was already the case with Doña Sofía, almost four out of every 10 events she attends have an eminently cultural character. Then, among the areas in which the consort focuses most attention are social issues, and women's equality and empowerment. Hence, coordination and feeling with Iglesias and Montero is so decisive. Doña Letizia also dedicates a lot of time to other subjects such as support for scientific research or cooperation. In fact, one of the most important moments each year for the consort is the trip he takes to support Spanish aid abroad. No friction is expected in this area with the new Arancha González Laya Foreign Ministry.
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