These lines are written just minutes after President of the Government Pedro Sánchez announced that he remains at the helm of the government after practically announcing his resignation five days ago. We won’t delve into analyzing whether it was a tactical move or a personal and sentimental gesture, although, given the political situation prevailing in those days, we lean towards the second option. We won’t judge whether Pedro Sánchez emerged strengthened or weakened from this operation because, in some way, today, although it won’t be talked about until the long term, his succession process has been opened. However, it seems important to underline that, after the political tension generated these days and the final decision made by the president, we are facing a genuine second government of Pedro Sánchez. The president himself has emphasized several times in his speech the point of no return that this political moment has represented. The expression “point and apart” testifies to this well. Once the resignation was on the table, once five days had passed, and once this resignation was discarded, the only remaining raison d’être for the president was to implement the mandate he attributed to himself in the letter to the citizens last Wednesday: to put an end to the “mud machine” he constantly refers to in the letter. In this regard, a new time must be inaugurated in the government of Pedro Sánchez, as it is the only way to ensure the legitimacy of its continuity. A true Government Sánchez II, which will not be characterized by a reshuffle, by a change in ministerial portfolios, but by the cultural assumption of the government as a barrier and battering ram against international reactionism. To do this, sooner rather than later, the Socialist Party will have to adopt a more unapologetic discourse, less defensive, and more willing to counterattack in this “war of position” which, in Gramscian terms, is the cultural battle. On the other hand, significant reforms will have to be undertaken, once the fight against the authoritarian movement is assumed. Reforms that allow easier defense against fake news and ensure media plurality. Reforms that prevent certain sectors of the judiciary from openly opposing the government on legally questionable grounds. Finally, reforms that guarantee every citizen the minimum sustenance to live in dignity and to participate calmly and serenely in public affairs.
Marcos Barolomé Terreros
Marcos Bartolomé Terreros is a spaniard, born in 2003. He studies the double degree in Spanish and French Law at the Complutense University of Madrid and the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. He is interested in politics, literature and cinema.