The PP guarantees its support for Sánchez to approve the agreement on Rota and regrets the lack of unity in the Government

Gamarra says that the PP "will not fail the Spaniards" and will be "up to the task" but asks Sánchez to abandon the "arrogance"

MADRID, 29 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The general secretary of the PP, Cuca Gamarra, has guaranteed this Tuesday the support of her party to the chief executive, Pedro Sánchez, to change the agreement on Rota after the agreement with the United States within the framework of the NATO Summit. After assuring that the PP "will not fail the Spaniards on these state issues, she has summoned the Prime Minister to" abandon arrogance ", especially when he does not have unity within his cabinet.

This Tuesday, the president of the United States, Joe Biden, and the president of Spain agreed to increase the US military presence at the Rota naval base (Cádiz) by sending two more destroyers as part of the NATO anti-missile shield, which They will be added to the four already installed there since 2014 and 2015.

When expressly asked if the Popular Group will give its votes to the Government in Congress to approve the modification of the Rota cooperation agreement after Podemos is against increasing the military presence, Gamarra stressed that Alberto Núñez Feijóo is demonstrating with his performances that the PP is a state party and that "above the party is the country".

"The PP will not fail the Spaniards and, therefore, in these issues that have to do with our situation in the framework of defense and security, we will rise to the occasion", Gamarra assured in an interview in the Cope chain, which has picked up Europa Press.

That yes, the also parliamentary spokesperson for the PP in Congress has advised Sánchez to "abandon arrogance" to seek State positions on this type of issue and has complained that the Executive has not responded to his offer of a State pact in security and defense matters.

Gamarra has highlighted that in this case the support of the PP to change that Rota agreement would be "for part of the Government" and has stressed that "this is the serious thing" and what Spain "does not deserve" before an event such as the Summit of NATO, which is "very important in the history" of the Atlantic Alliance at the moment they are living.

"What Spain deserves, although they have not picked up the phone or given Feijóo an acknowledgment of receipt, is that there is a united Government and that this is a State position because it is not about the President of the Government but about something that transcends who is at the head of the Presidency of the Government at this time", he stated, to insist that in this matter the PP will do what Spain "needs" so that there is "a State position", since the Government cannot "guarantee it unanimously."

In addition, the 'number two' of Alberto Núñez Feijóo has valued the work that the then President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, and his Defense Minister, María Dolores de Cospedal, did in their day so that Madrid would host the Summit of the Atlantic Alliance. "I think it's fair to say that too," he proclaimed.

Gamarra stressed that "very important agreements" are going to be produced at the NATO Summit, such as the accession of Sweden and Finland or the "guarantee of protection" that affects Ceuta and Melilla and that, in his opinion, it must "remain sheltered" within the framework of this international event.