Behind the 'son of a bitch'
PalmaI read that Cuatro has overtaken Telecinco in viewership due to its coverage of the Ceuta crisis, thanks, among other coven-like gatherings, to the leadership of Horizonte, the program in which Iker Jiménez has swapped UFOs and psychophonies for the exaltation of the far-right, a paranormal phenomenon in itself. PP and Vox voters have taken to the streets to shout at the top of their lungs “Pedro Sánchez, son of a bitch,” provided with the alibi of solidarity with the people of Ceuta.
The mayor of Palma, Jaime Martínez, could not contain the Spanish fury and grabbed the microphone at a demonstration that had traces of a celebration of a third football World Cup. If it weren't for the insults and because Martínez is far from being a speaker. But the attrezzo was complete. Manolo Escobar played and even Superestrella, by Aitana, the song with which the national team celebrated their triumphs in the United States. The facade of the City Hall –they won't leave anything for the Patron Saint– was dyed red and yellow with a light show that could not add more vicarious embarrassment to the scene. Well, yes, because the anthems of the anti-Sanchistas were played by the Palma Municipal Band, divided between those convinced and those ashamed by the partisan use of public resources to fill the President of the Government with disqualifications. The absurdity was such that even the purists, those who had gone to insult in earnest, asked for the music to be stopped because that, they claimed, was a protest and not a party. It is unknown if by then Martínez had already let go of the microphone.
When the right recovers the Spanish government that it considers its own, it will have nothing left to celebrate. Hatred will have left them exhausted. On the other hand, Pedro Sánchez is facing the worst crisis of his terms. And that is saying a lot after a pandemic, natural disasters, and corruption, but he must assume that he has to tread carefully no matter how complex the world order in which he moves may be.
The problem is complex: if you outsource border control, you expose yourself to having them used as a weapon of blackmail. It is not exclusive to Spain. Combative Italy could find itself in the same situation. It is no longer enough for Sánchez to please everyone when he has a damning police report and a conflict between ministers on the table, in addition to a humanitarian drama and the exhausted population of Ceuta. Because yes, there was something more behind “Pedro Sánchez, son of a bitch”.