Alberto Núñez Feijóo has presented this Friday in Madrid the new foundation of the PP, which will be called Reformismo21 and which was born with an Advisory Council formed by 21 leaders of civil society. More than a new think tank, it is actually a reformulation of Concord and Freedom, which in turn resulted from renaming Humanism and Democracy. It means that, since Faes disassociated itself from the PP, Genoa has not found the key to have a solvent laboratory of ideas.

And that is what Feijóo wants to solve in his new foundation, which will be directed by the former president of Renfe Pablo Vázquez. For this, it has achieved the incorporation of three former Spanish ministers -Fátima Báñez, Román Escolano and Josep Piqué-, one Portuguese -Nuno Crato- and 17 technical or intellectual profiles of civil society, of which only Elena Pisonero has links with the PP. So that 80% of the members of the foundation were until now outside the party.

Of these profiles stand out Toni Nadal, uncle and former coach of Rafa Nadal; the director of Telefónica Verónica Pascual: the founder of the National Organization of Transplants Rafael Matesanz; Professor of Administrative Law Mercedes Fuertes; and a last-minute signing: the philosopher and education expert Gregorio Luri. The diplomat and columnist of this newspaper Juan Claudio de Ramón has also joined.

What Feijóo wants is that "from everything that this foundation gives of itself comes a project of hypothetical Government". "I want to be prepared to govern from minute 1," he stressed, because, if he wins and adds the parliamentary majority, his Executive "will promote thoughtful reforms, far from the daily thaumaturgical announcement to which we have become accustomed."



The PP did not want to hold the event at the headquarters of Genoa, precisely to underline the independence of this foundation "attached" to the party. "This task does not fit in a single acronym," Feijóo defended during his speech, broadcast by 'streaming'. And that is why the foundation presents itself "without militancy". "The only condition is that they think with absolute freedom of judgment not to improve the PP, but Spain."

In the mollar part of his speech, Feijóo has solemnized the commitment of the PP to "flee from chapels and ideological factions." "It's time to get out of the trenches and rebuild with laws and civic values. Values are the foundations with which Spain must be built", he reeled.

Reformismo21 still has no headquarters, nor has it defined what publications and events it wants to do. It will have it in the coming weeks: it will be a small nucleus of leaders who will lead "the day to day" of the entity. And "in the medium term" the Advisory Council presented this Friday will be expanded.

The foundation wants to be "complementary" to Faes, José María Aznar's think tank, which has a very pronounced ideological and international profile. Reformismo21 wants to be more of a hotbed of ideas that, in addition, will serve the PP to connect more with civil society, according to the sources consulted.

For Feijóo, the 21 members of his 'council of wise men' make up "a united and exemplary national team of Spain". "This advisory board is made up of people who attract a high degree of professional recognition in sectors such as science, thought, business or sport," he detailed, among others. And they are all united by "an unwavering commitment to the public good."

The president of the PP has explained to his advisers where he wants to place his work: "The center is not just an ideological point, even though I am more comfortable in moderation. It's not just a way of doing politics." "If we want our country to have a future, it is necessary to close the chapter of confrontation and enter a phase without labels, in which Spaniards cooperate with each other and meet in the idea of a common nation," he said.


"We do not aspire to take refuge in dogmas or in the comfort of slogans," he concluded, because "the best moments of the country coincide with reformist moments." Hence the name.

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