Visibly upset, Emiliano García-Page responded harshly this Wednesday to Pedro Sánchez for having once again said that his criticisms come from “minority positions within the PSOE.” In statements to the media, the president of Castilla-La Mancha said he does not understand how the leader of his party “can speak like that” about those who “disagree or have a different opinion” when “he lives kneeling to the bloodiest minorities in this country, which are the far-right independence supporters and the heirs of the ETA murderers,” referring to Junts and Bildu.
Furthermore, the socialist baron least aligned with the Ferraz leadership defended that he does agree “on many opinions of the Government.” And immediately added: “The only problem is that I feel absolutely incapable of keeping up with so many changes of opinion, I can agree with the first opinion but not with the last 150 that the Government usually changes.”
This is how Page referred to Sánchez’s statements when asked in an interview on TVE about those in his party who consider that “it could be a problem of wear” for his own. “What happens with Felipe [González] and Emiliano is normal, it has been happening to me since 2014. The headline would be if they ever came out supporting some action of the Government of Spain,” said the president referring to the first time he reached the General Secretariat of his party. “I rule that out because they are also minority positions, very marginal, within the organization,” he added.
Later, the Castilian-Manchego leader argued that “the news is always in the disagreement, not in what can be agreed upon” and that “this is obvious, he hasn’t invented gunpowder with that argument.” To which he added: “How can he speak like that about those of us who may disagree or have a different opinion when the Government actually kneels before those who talk about ‘fucking Spain,’ as the Catalan far-right just did? Frankly, I think he should consider the power to disagree a bit more.”
Moreover, Page found it “evident” that Sánchez has again expressed his intention to run in the 2027 elections, something he has already said “actively and passively.” “He is the current president of the Government and, logically, he will want to know what people think of him, right? It seems reasonable to me and if he wants to count on [José Luis Rodríguez] Zapatero it seems extraordinary to me,” he said without clearly revealing whether he was resorting to sarcasm regarding the possible participation of the former president in the general election campaign despite being under investigation for his alleged involvement in the rescue of the airline Plus Ultra.
And he continued: “The only problem is whether he can do anything else to everything that is proposed to him. Can he not do it? Can he not run? Can he not rely on all those who really feel linked to him? That is the doubt I have. But I think it is good that he considers it that way. On the other hand, it is no surprise.”
State Pact for Education
Furthermore, the president of Castilla-La Mancha demanded this Wednesday a State Pact for Education following the results of the OECD PISA Report. “Today all of Spain is talking about this disaster. What education has too much of is politics and lacks a pact,” he maintained.
Later, in statements to the media, Page emphasized that “the current context is one of walls, borders, confrontation, and cheap populism” and not of reaching agreements between the major parties. In this regard, he predicted that “now there will be more quarrels about who is more to blame than about looking forward and really facing a State and country approach.”
“The atmosphere we have is very regrettable. For those who say, honestly, that the political chaos, the deadlock that exists in Spain brings no consequences… it does bring them. It brings them in the short term, but it brings, above all, much worse in the medium and long term,” Page stated.
