Feijóo coordinates with the moderate right of Argentina with the illusion of 'co-governing' from 2024

There is still a lot of time left before voting takes place in both countries, but Alberto Núñez Feijóo's visit to

seemed like that of a candidate already victorious in the elections, rather than that of a man with a long road ahead of him.

, former Argentine president and leader of the opposition grouped in the social-liberal coalition

, put it white on black.

"I am convinced that both spaces are going to govern both countries again and that offers us a wonderful opportunity. Because there is a narrative that is beginning to destroy beloved Spain as well," said Macri, who governed Argentina between 2015 and 2019 and maintains in suspense his voters before the possibility of running for the presidential elections at the end of 2023.

During a reception in the halls of

of Buenos Aires, Núñez Feijóo was carried away by that climate around him, which made all the Argentines with whom he dealt in the last two days -he did not see anyone from the ruling Peronism- assumed to be before a man with an inevitable future in La Moncloa.

"First, Together for Change has to win its elections here. And three weeks later, we celebrate," Núñez Feijóo told

.

Macri's phrase about a "narrative" and policies that are beginning to "destroy Spain" was also assumed by the leader of the Popular Party who had met

in the morning , mayor of Buenos Aires and the most solid candidate of the opposition to return to the

.

"The Spanish economy is beginning to show signs of Argentina's, with the difference that Spain is in the euro. But 10% inflation is a catastrophe for us. We had two," emphasized Núñez Feijóo, accompanied on his tour of

, Argentina,

and

by Esteban González Pons, deputy secretary general of the PP.

Another heavyweight who joined Núñez Feijóo's tour, although only through Argentina and Chile, is the leader of the parliamentary group of the European People's Party (EPP) in the Eurochamber, the German

.

The Spaniard admits that he sought to persuade him of the trip to "loosen him up", so that he would understand what South America is and the potential that exists in the relationship between the two regions.

The play went round for the Galician.

"Democracies or autocracies"

"I am shocked by this city, there are clearly many similarities and points in common with Europe," Weber told EL MUNDO, who had only set foot in Mexico from Latin America. "The dilemma today is between democracies and autocracies.

Europe must conclude the agreement with Mercosur, because it is an agreement on essential issues, far beyond the economic."

"Weber is a Bavarian German," explained Núñez Feijóo.

"We have persuaded him to come on this trip so that a German can see that this is a very important area of ​​the world. I want an institutional political commitment between South America and the European Union. The agreement between

and the EU involves 750 million people and 25 percent of the GDP of the whole world. This is a possibility that is an obligation to consolidate it, close it and move it forward".

Beyond the commitment to Argentina and Mercosur, Núñez Feijóo also spoke internally.

To get into the subject, he resorted to a story from 102 years ago, the interview of the socialist

with

.

"Freedom for what?", says Núñez Feijóo that the Spanish politician asked.

"Freedom was superfluous for that regime," said the Galician leader.

"We would have answered that freedom is an inherent value of the human being. Everything can be built on that value. Without it, all and all the noble aspirations of individuals and nations are doomed to failure," added Núñez Feijóo, who spoke of the danger of "a gradual erosion of liberal principles, a twisting of the concept to make it finally unrecognizable".

ideological debate

"Our opponents systematically fail in practice, and then they fall back on the ideological debate. They build artificial paradises that no one has known or will ever know. And they try to oppose them to the always realistic aspirations of the reformists and liberals. They offer utopias to end up in dystopias, a juggling act that we should not leave unanswered, under penalty of being defenseless against populism," he said while Macri, by his side, nodded.

soccer club

.

"Reformists and liberals have to win in both periods to win the party overall. This implies carrying out a forceful intellectual gymnastics that fine-tunes the principles that unite us (...). They are principles in which women and men can recognize each other from diverse places and times, but which must be constantly adapted to the demands of society so that these principles do not lose their freshness".

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