The PP paper leaves the door open to the pacts with Vox nationwide | Spain

The political presentation of the PP that will approve next Congress of the month of July Define for the first time the pact policy of Alberto Núñez Feijóo. Although with a deliberately ambiguous wording, it follows that the PP leaves the door open to the nationwide Vox pacts and even with the Catalan and Basque independentistas, provided that those possible agreements respect the Spanish Constitution. « Neither arbitrary cords, nor incoherent majorities, » proclaims the PP in the political presentation proposal, which can now be amended by the party. The new ideology of the popular, which updates the current one, approved in 2017, implies a turn to the right of the PP, which hardens its position on immigration and eludes pronounce on abortion (that is, it also does not guarantee it as a right) or euthanasia, while throwing some centrist winks with social measures such as the flexibility of the working day and the public financing of the freezing of ovules.

Pact policy. « Neither arbitrary cords, nor incoherent majorities, » reads the text of the PP, in a deliberately ambiguous phrase that leaves everything open. The PP defines as the only limit to its agreements respect for the Spanish Constitution and does not establish express vetoes to agree with any political party, including Vox or the Catalan and Basque independence. In the case of the extreme right, the political presentation also highlights its rejection of « arbitrary cords », referring to the sanitary cord to the ultras. Under Feijóo’s mandate, the PP has ruled with Vox in five regional governments and hundreds of municipalities, until the ultras unilaterally broke those agreements in the autonomies. Feijóo has always expressed its intention to govern alone, but has never closed the door to do it with Vox if you have no choice. The political presentation follows the same philosophy.

« The PP aspires to obtain a sufficient majority that allows you to govern its program based on the Constitution and the defense of the general interest as the only guides. We are not going to give up our principles and values, nor will we enter into political auctions, » says the text, which does not expressly quote Vox.

The presentation rejects both the health laces to the ultras and the « incoherent majorities », in a veiled reference to the parliamentary majority that supports Pedro Sánchez. To questions from El País, sources from the PP leader team and re -election candidate explain that, for Feijóo, an incoherent majority is « that one made up of the Constitution. » To the question of whether that would leave out the Catalan independentistas, such as together, the same sources answer that « it would leave out any agreement that implies modifying the Constitution. » That is, in the event that the Pact respect the Constitution, the PP does not put but to agree with Junts.

The agreements with the Catalan independentists have divided the PP in recent years. The leader of the PP in Catalonia, Alejandro Fernández, faced Genoa precisely for his rejection of any pact with the Carles Puigdemont party.

Immigration. The PP hardens its position on the migratory phenomenon in line with other conservative parties in Europe already rebuild the extreme right. The popular detail the registration of the access of immigrants in an irregular situation to non -contributory economic benefits, « because irregularity cannot generate rights », and condition the long -term residence « to the effective contribution to the social security system, to the knowledge of the Spanish language and culture. » Immigrants in irregular situation in Spain cannot access the minimum vital income (IMV). To access this benefit, it is necessary to prove legal residence in Spain for at least a year.

The PP is committed to putting more obstacles to the arrival of immigrants, and insists on the idea that they must integrate and speak Spanish and respect the « Spanish culture. » « We will return to the roots and family regrouping its exceptional character, because it has become an opaque via of mass regularization on which the State barely exercises control, » says the presentation, which also reaffirms the « zero tolerance with those who commit crimes, especially repeat offenders, and with which they do not want to integrate. »

Abortion and euthanasia. As the country advanced, the presentation avoids thorny affairs for the PP, such as abortion and euthanasia. The text does not mention the voluntary interruption of pregnancy, which in the last current presentation did appear to say that « abortion should not be understood as a right, but as a failure of society. » After the judgment of the Constitutional Court that endorsed the Law of deadlines, Feijóo said publicly that he would respect the current norm, but has not brought that commitment to the presentation.

Euthanasia also does not appear in the document, which does reaffirm the « culture of dignified life » and commits to a « better gifted and humanized palliative care system. »

Public financing of the freezing of ovules. As the country advanced, the new ideology of the popular collects Public aid to freezing ovules for women who want to delay motherhood. Until now, Social Security assumes this benefit only in the case of diseases that damage fertility, but not because of the mere desire to postpone it, and women have to resort to private clinics.