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The list of former politicians who appear on the boards of directors of large Spanish companies may end up being anecdotal in the face of the new phenomenon of "revolving doors". It is about the predilection of former politicians to choose the media as their new career destination when their careers in politics come to an end.

Red Eléctrica, Enagás or Navantia, among others,

have been replaced by television channels or radio stations. Pablo Iglesias, Carmen Calvo, José Luis Ábalos, José Manuel García Margallo, Susana Díaz or Ignacio Aguado are just some examples.

Undoubtedly one of the most striking cases is that of Pablo Iglesias, who has diversified his media profile with collaborations in the newspaper

Gara

, the leading newspaper of the abertzale left, and

Ara

, a leading newspaper of the Catalan independence movement. He also participates in the morning gathering on RAC1 and on Monday nights on Cadena Ser, where he shares a table with Carmen Calvo. On the other hand, he publishes articles for

CTXT

, where he closes his own media circle. For Verónica Fumanal, president of the Political Communication Association, citizens have to "normalize" the exit of politicians to other professions: "When you find yourself without a task and you have to continue paying your bills, you have to find a way out. by a law firm or by an Ibex35 company is frowned upon. We

also find it bad that they are in politics for a long time

or that they go on television. It is a dangerous antipolitical discourse. "

Paul Simon, a

political scientist and professor at the UCM3, also discusses this new phenomenon for LOC: "We are seeing the reverse path to what has lived the Spanish politics since 2016.

Now the pundits are not the politicians who get

it are the politicians who enter the social gatherings. In terms of revolving doors it is a much cleaner exit in which the conflict of interest does not seem as direct as if it were something that touched with their department ".

On the other hand, Simón points out some of the conflicts that may arise as a result of this new trend:

"In Europe, these types of practices are not common.

In this case, we are also talking about politicians who have left behind their responsibilities in the Government just two months ago. . We are not talking about Margallo or Miguel Sebastián but about Pablo Iglesias and Carmen Calvo. Iglesias has a real influence on his own organization. It is possible, although it has not yet been manifested, that sensitive information could be given in the gatherings that would affect to their respective parties. "

In addition, the unknown about the remuneration of the new professional activity of politicians is added.

"We do not know much about the caches they charge

but it can be assumed that the income is lower than that of the private sector. It also depends on the profiles. In most cases they are people who do not have a job. to return to. Pablo Iglesias did not have a consolidated position in the university to return to, he was not a full professor. "

José Luis Ábalos and Ignacio Aguado have joined as talk shows of

Todo es Mentira

, a program presented by Risto Mejide. They are two other examples of politicians who just left the ministry and the vice president of the Community of Madrid respectively, joined the set. Ábalos also continues to be a PSOE deputy in Congress, like Carmen Calvo. Susana Díaz, former president of Andalusia and now a senator for that autonomous community, also joined the Risto space. In

The

Ana Rosa

Program

There is a table of political news in which active politicians participate and that represents a model that is seen in Europe. Gabriel Rufián collaborates in it and precisely had to clarify on his social networks that he did not receive any remuneration from Mediaset.

"Tables with politicians are a norm in Europe

. Regarding remuneration, it is understood that it is part of his job as a politician, so there is no extra income," says Simón. Rufián is joined by active politicians such as Rita Maestre or Macarena Olona, ​​classics such as Juan Carlos Monedero and former politicians such as Rafael Hernando or Antonio Miguel Carmona.

Another quite peculiar possibility and a model that is not repeated in Europe is that the politician is an interviewer.

The two exponents of this genre are Pablo Iglesias and Gabriel Rufián,

current for their interview with Esty Quesada at

La Fábrica.

Iglesias also did it in

Another Turn of Tuerka

and now he assures that he comes to do "critical journalism."

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