The president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, has defended in the Plenary of the Assembly of Madrid the granting of the International Medal of the region to United States on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of its independence.
In response to a question from the Más Madrid group, Ayuso stressed that the recognition “is not given to a government, but to a nation,” regardless of which government is currently in the White House. As she explained, the distinction is directed at the entire American people — Republican voters, Democrats, or unaffiliated citizens — and not at the Executive that is at the head of the country at that moment.
The Madrid leader defended that "bridges between nations cannot be broken" due to disagreements with a specific government and criticized the foreign policy of the Government of Pedro Sánchez pointing out that it has opted, in her opinion, to isolate Spain "before the world" and "get along with Hamas," alluding to the Executive's stance on the conflict in the Middle East.
Ayuso insisted that international relations must be above political changes: "I'm sorry, but despite the governments, life goes on. It's as if the rest of Spaniards had to go around the world apologizing for Pedro Sánchez." Ayuso also stated that the Community of Madrid will not renounce the "Atlantic bridges" with the United States. "Governments are one thing, which come and go, and nations and their citizens are another," she defended, reiterating that Madrid will maintain its institutional collaboration with the North American country regardless of differences with the central government.
