Cuerpo accuses the PP of "intimidating" civil servants processing the 'grandchildren's law': "Too many lines are being crossed"

The economic vice president of the Government, Carlos Cuerpo, has lashed out at the Popular Party for its criticism of the so-called 'grandchildren's law'. During an event at ICEX, he accused the popular party of making statements that "intimidate" the officials in charge of processing nationality applications and warned that, in his opinion, "too many lines are being crossed" and "they should reflect."

Cuerpo has defended that the law responds to a "debt" of the State with the children and grandchildren of those who had to leave Spain after the Civil War. In his opinion, questioning the application of this norm also casts doubt on the recognized right of these people to access Spanish nationality. The minister has maintained that this type of statement also has a second consequence. In his opinion, they not only affect those who benefit from this law, but also "question the legitimacy" of the elections and the democratic system.

Given this, Cuerpo has insisted on asking the Popular Party to lower the tone of the debate and has asked them "not to cross certain limits in order to advance or try to have certain electoral calculations or arguments."

Ayuso against the application of the 'grandchildren's law'

The vice president's statements come days after the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, questioned the application of the so-called 'grandchildren's law' and warned that officials and consuls could be incurring in an "illegal" action if they grant Spanish nationality to people who, in her opinion, do not meet the requirements established in the norm.

During a breakfast colloquium organized by the Association for the Progress of Management, the regional leader directed her criticism at the regulatory framework linked to the Democratic Memory Law, stating that "there is no Grandchildren's Law that hides the fact that Spain needs to restart." Ayuso has linked mass regularizations with what she has defined as a possible "pull factor" and has warned of consequences for public services, speaking of a possible "collapse of the public system" if these policies continue.

The Madrid president has extended her criticism to the electoral plane, stating that the third province in number of votes in future elections “will be Argentina”, in reference to the external vote, and has questioned the management of the census and its possible impact on parliamentary representation. In that vein, she has maintained that any use of the consular or administrative system to influence the distribution of seats would be “illegal”, pointing directly to the Government in the management of the electoral system. "The Government cannot have the power to arbitrarily assign provinces according to the vote count, according to where it lacks the necessary votes to obtain the next seat."