Aznar calls for a "national majority" to "overcome Sánchez's wall" and criticizes the Government's dependence on its partners

The former President of the Government, José María Aznar, defended this Wednesday the need to articulate a “national majority” capable of replacing the current Executive of Pedro Sánchez, whom he accused of staying in power thanks to the dependence on his parliamentary partners.

During his speech at an informative breakfast of the Fórum Europa, Aznar maintained that the political objective in Spain should not be limited to asking for the resignation of the President of the Government, but to building an alternative “capable of tearing down and overcoming Sánchez's wall,” which he defined as a majority “national or it will not be.” In that sense, he advocated for a “broad and centered” political formula, with the capacity to gather support beyond traditional blocs and with a vocation for “historical dimension,” in reference to an eventual change of political cycle in Spain.

Aznar framed the current situation in a moment of special transcendence, stating that the next general elections will be “the most important in all democratic history,” considering that they will decide the continuity or transformation of the constitutional model and the principle of equality before the law. The former president also criticized the parliamentary situation of the Government, which he defined as an Executive “dependent on its partners” and without a sufficient majority to promote a motion of no confidence that would allow an immediate replacement in Congress.

In that context, he pointed out that there are political formations that support initiatives against the President of the Government, but that do not seek an electoral call, but a change of party in the Executive that "complies with what was agreed with them," in reference to issues such as the "plurinationality" of the State or the "extension of the amnesty."

For her part, the PP spokesperson in Congress, Esther Muñoz, who spoke after being introduced by Aznar, defended the work of her parliamentary group and assured that they are “prepared to continue controlling and scrutinizing the worst Government of democracy.” Muñoz also stressed that a majority of the electorate, according to her analysis, supports a right-wing project led by the Popular Party, and defended the need to work on that political basis.

The popular leader has accused Pedro Sánchez's Government of fostering political polarization and of acting as a "radical" Executive that has deteriorated public debate, and has opened the door to possible understandings between the PP and Vox depending on the will expressed by voters.