Sánchez attacks Weber (PPE) for repeating the "unfounded proclamations" of the PP and claims that the threat is Vox

The leader of the EPP replies to the president, already outside the room, that in Germany the left and right seek consensus

STRASBOURG (FRANCE), December 13 (EUROPA PRESS) -

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has attacked the leader of the European People's Party (EPP), Manfred Weber, whom he has accused of repeating the "unfounded proclamations" of the PP about the situation in Spain, arguing that it is a "full democracy." "and that in reality the true adversary and threat is not him but the extreme right of Vox.

Sánchez has dedicated a good part of his reply turn to expressly addressing the leader of the EPP, who in his previous intervention had criticized him for his change of opinion regarding the amnesty law and threatened with a commission of inquiry in the European Parliament on the situation in Spain.

In this sense, he has argued that "the real threat in Spain and in Europe is the advance of the extreme right and the irresponsibility of the traditional right that are opening the doors to coalition governments and are adopting many of the ultra ideas." .

"This reactionary tandem," he told Weber, provoking some cries of rejection in the chamber, is the one that is weakening the European project, eroding democracies, outlawing political parties, attacking the separation of powers and silencing the media. critics.

Thus, he asked the German politician if "he feels comfortable being complicit in this threat" and, after congratulating himself that after 20 years in the European Parliament he is interested in what is happening in Spain, he told him that if what he wants is to help, then he must first get to know the country and not limit himself to "repeating the unfounded proclamations" that the PP passes on to him.

In this sense, he wanted to make Weber see who the allies of the PP are and "what it represents and what Vox really thinks", reviewing some of the "anti-European statements" made by some of its leaders, including Santiago Abascal.

He has also been asked if Vox's proposal to outlaw political parties or not allow critical media to attend their events is good for the rule of law in Spain, and if he is aware of the policies that Abascal's party is agreeing on with the PP. in the autonomous communities and the town councils in which they govern together.

Among the measures they are deploying, Sánchez has expressly mentioned naming streets after "distinguished people linked to the Franco dictatorship" and has asked Weber if he would like streets and squares in Berlin to be named after the leaders of the Third Reich. .

"Spain has a robust rule of law, an absolutely legitimate and capable Government, and I invite you not to be confused as an adversary. That mistake has already been made by the European right in the past and Europe has paid dearly for it," Sánchez concluded, in amid the applause of the socialist MEPs and between shouts and boos from the 'popular' bench.

The leader of the European People's Party has tried without success to respond to the messages that the President of the Government addressed to him directly in his final debate, but he has not been allowed to speak.

Yes, he did it when the president was already leaving the Chamber after being granted a point of order before the start of the voting session, then Weber disgraced Sánchez for having "attacked him for five minutes" and replied that in Germany the Democrats meet to seek consensus taking into account left and right, unlike him.