PP and VOX agitate the theory of national « chaos » after the blackout and trains to harass the government | Spain

« Everything is chaos, » Isabel Díaz Ayuso proclaimed on Monday. After the « embarrassing blackout », the « rail disaster » arrives, said before an informative breakfast in Madrid, in a message that mixed not only the zero Electric and delays in trains between the capital and Andalusia, but also the political management of the problems of « SMEs », « Birth, immigration, economic issues. » « All bad works, » he summarized.

So many times advanced from the Spanish right, this time the Madrid president was just one more voice. Because the cry is almost unanimous. And « chaos », the most repeated word. The PP and Vox have found, first in the blackout and then in rail delays due to cable robbery with Affectation to thousands of travelersammunition to discredit the optimistic discourse of the government, which insists on the good image of Spain in the world. The right presents the blackout, of not clarified origin, and the delays of the trains as a result of the same cause: the alleged inability of the Executive of Pedro Sánchez.

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The PP is turning from the accusation of « illegitimate government » to that of « ineffective government, » says Carmen Lumbierres, a professor of political science at UNED, who believes that the socialists are deceived if they think that this discourse of their adversaries is harmless. The problems in basic services that harm everyday life are « what most affects the opinion of citizens about the quality of democracy and the effectiveness of a government, » he says. Moreover, he adds, if There is a shortage of explanationsas in his opinion it has happened with the blackout.

“The leftist electorate has so far mobilized by the fear of ultra -right, by the social shield and for the idea that, despite the pandemiche volcano and the Ukraine War, Spain grows Because the government manages well. If its efficacy is questioned, one of its strengths falls, « says Lumbierres, which leaves a message for Feijóo. » It should be propositive. If there is only distrust and anger, the ultra -right wins, which always grows in contexts of poor perception of public services, ”warns the political scientist, which includes the light there although it is privatized.

The political consultant Jordi Sarrión-Carbonell coincides with Lumbierres: “The strategy of generating chaos sensation works to the extent that it wears the government, but if the PP is not able to present itself as an alternative, and So far Feijóo has not achieved itthe discomfort can be capitalized by Vox. «  » We’ve seen, « he adds – how the social vestío has benefited brothers from Italy and Marine Le Pen in France. »

An « unfortunate image »

« Or we or chaos! » A politician warned by addressing an auditorium on a famous cover of 1975 of the magazine Wolf brother. The crowd replied: « Chaos, chaos !! » « It’s the same, » said the politician, « it’s also us. » If the vignette has become a classic it is because the resource that satirizes it is also: the claim of themselves as antidotes of the chaos that political leaders do.

The resource is not new in the toolbox against Sánchez. The idea of ​​a country mired in the disorder because of a government given to the whim of volatile partners has been disseminated since 2018 by both the PP and Vox.

The new is intensity. Since last week, the voices describing a dysfunctional country for their disgust have multiplied. This Monday was the central message of the PP and Vox. With this, they try to overshadow the balance of the Executive, which emphasizes the economic growth of Spain, an exception to the forecasts of FMI worsening. To the government emphasis on the outer prestige that this gives to Spain, Feijóo already opposed last week the « unfortunate image » of the blackout. And this Monday abounded in that diagnosis as a reaction to rail problems and the « thousands of Spaniards » lying « with nothing. » « Spain has to work again, » he said.

Disregarding the Sabotage hypothesisthe leaders of the PP integrated the railway crisis into the same claim sheet filed against the government by the blackout. « A week later (of the blackout), the chaos returns, » said the parliamentary spokesman, Miguel Tellado.

In similar – not the same – tune emits vox. The ultra -right has already made a message into routine according to which Spain lives in a criminal nightmare for immigration. Now incorporates the blackout and rail delays to an argument in which the Executive is the « chaos » agent.

Yes Santiago Abascal He accused Sánchez last week to provoke the blackout To cover the your brother’s processingthis Monday his party spread on social networks that Spain is a country with « Third World » services. « Spain does not work, » said its spokesman, Pepa Millán. It is the same idea of ​​Ayuso. As for Alise Pérez, from the day of the blackout draws a Spain « mired in chaos » and dedicated to another electric fall.

The PSOE tries to counteract

The government and the forces that make it up try to counteract this offensive. As? As for the blackout, underlining the fast electrical restoration and the civility of the population, a message in which he insisted This Monday at an act in Barcelona President Sánchez, who tries to maintain the image of government dynamism, highlighting his measures to alleviate the effect of US tariffs. In parallel, the PSOE loads against the opposition. If the game already accused the PP on Sunday of « desiring chaos », the reaction against Feijóo and theirs became harder on Monday. In X, the Socialists called the president of the PP of « scavenger. »

« It is a baseness rarely seen in the Spanish right, » says a PSOE spokesman, who accuses the PP of creating « a parallel reality » to « hide that Spain was the best economy developed in 2024 » and because « they find it unbearable the international projection of Sánchez, proven with a PP leader who does not even speak English ”.