The PP sees "little credible" Moncloa's argument that Putin is behind Algeria's pressure against Spain

"What does the president want, that we shut up?" Pons asks, after Sánchez has accused the PP of supporting Algeria

MADRID, 13 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The PP's deputy secretary for Institutions, Esteban González Pons, assured this Monday that the mistakes of the chief executive, Pedro Sánchez, in foreign policy are beginning to have economic consequences for the Spanish. In addition, he has described as "surprising" and "little credible" the "argument" of the Government that Russia is behind Algeria's pressure against Spain, given that, according to him, Algiers has "excellent relations" with Italy.

This was stated at a press conference at the PP headquarters, after the meeting of the party's steering committee chaired by Alberto Núñez Feijóo, after the first vice president herself, Nadia Calviño, today linked Algeria's decision from suspending the Treaty of Friendship with Spain to the growing link between the neighboring country and Russia.

"The argument that it is Putin who is behind the actions of the Algerian government is surprising because Algeria maintains extraordinary relations with Italy," said González Pons. Thus, he has indicated that, according to the "argument" of the Government, Putin "would invite Algeria to spoil its relations with Spain but not with Italy", something that he sees as "little credible".

González Pons has warned that Sánchez's "mistakes" in foreign policy are beginning to have economic consequences for the Spanish. "We thought that the economic policy was clearly the most harmful to the interests of Spain that this Government put into practice, but in recent times we have been able to verify how foreign policy has tied it.

The leader of the PP has indicated that they had seen Sánchez "confront" the INE, INE, the Bank of Spain or the OECD because "every day he lives a fight in the mud with mathematics and statistics." "But now we have also seen him butt heads against logic in international politics," he stressed.

In his opinion, the President of the Government "not only works against the economic interests of Spain" but also "works against the international prestige of Spain". "He has achieved the miracle of making Morocco and Algeria agree at the same time that Spain has a government that cannot be trusted, that it is weak and against which force can be exerted," he proclaimed.

Thus, the PP MEP has stressed that the Spanish, due to Sánchez's foreign policy, are "at the mercy of Morocco and Algeria at the same time." "Nothing like this had ever happened," he exclaimed.

González Pons has defended the actions of his party after the open crisis with Algeria -last Friday the PP requested the appearance before the plenary session of the President of the Government- and has disfigured the Chief Executive's statements against Feijóo.

"What does the president want, for us to shut up?" González Pons asked himself, after Pedro Sánchez accused the PP of supporting Algeria in its "pressures" on Spain this Saturday at an Andalusian campaign rally.