The leader of the Popular Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, attempted this Saturday to elevate his offensive against Pedro Sánchez's government to the European level, calling for the European Commission's intervention both to clarify the Adamuz train accident and to question the extraordinary regularization of immigrants promoted by the Executive, which he considers contrary to the community framework.
Under this argumentative framework, Feijóo conveyed these requests during the European People's Party (EPP) summit held in Zagreb (Croatia), where he took advantage of his presence to ask the community institutions for greater control over the Spanish government's management in key areas such as infrastructure, European funds, and immigration policy
Regarding the railway accident, the president of the PP asked the European Commission to launch an investigation into the causes of the accident and review the use of European funds allocated to the maintenance and safety of the railway network. In this regard, he focused on Adif, which he described as the main recipient of these resources, and questioned its management. "Adif is the largest recipient and we do not know what it has done with this money regarding maintenance and safety," Feijóo stated in a declaration sent to the media, in which he directly held the Executive responsible for alleged "negligence" and argued that "Spain and Spaniards are not to blame for their Government's mismanagement."
The regularization of immigrants
The Popular Party leader also conveyed to Brussels his concern about the Executive's immigration policy, particularly regarding the mass regularization of irregular immigrants, which, in his opinion, is intended to be carried out "without control or guarantees" and against the European Pact on Migration and Asylum. Feijóo warned that this measure would have "harmful consequences" not only for Spain but for the entire European Union, considering that it would put pressure on public services, strain the housing market, and generate coexistence problems. Furthermore, he argued that it could cause a "pull effect" on the European southern border.
"Illegality cannot create rights. Spain cannot practice a lack of control," Feijóo concluded, in a message directed at both the European Commission and Sánchez's government, which he seeks to corner internationally amid a full-blown internal political confrontation.
