The President of the People's Party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, assured this morning that the PSOE had to give in during the negotiations on the renewal of the General Council of the Judiciary in response to Brussels' demands. “The PSOE had to accept the consent of the judiciary because the European Commission warned Spain that in July it would issue a harsh report against the government's invasive practices in the field of justice,” he explained during an interview for The confidential.
However, the Minister of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes, Félix Bolaños, has denied the popular leader's words. “It is completely wrong that the European Commission has warned Spain about something and the PP knows it,” said a message on the social network. The European Commission's mediation made it clear that Brussels' only concern was the failure to reach an agreement. “Their concern was the non-renewal of the CGPJ.”
He PSOE and PP signed an agreement for the renewal of the judiciary on Tuesday, June 25, after almost six years the mandate expired. The pact – the same that the popular party already rejected in 2022 – includes ten members nominated by each party, measures against the revolving door between politics and justice and the commission for the new CGPJ of a proposal on the election of members.
In an interview for The countryThe minister denied a shift towards bipartisanship after reaching the pact with the PP, but assured that the agreements between the two parties on what the Constitution requires are “very positive” for the country. “The government is in coalition with Sumar and the PP is in opposition, and it will remain that way. We are a progressive government and we will continue to make progressive policies,” he stated in this regard. “This agreement reduces the toxic climate and gives depth to the legislature,” he stressed.
The PP leader has in turn described this collaboration as a “mirage” and maintains his distrust of the government's president, Pedro Sánchez, against whom he has filed charges. his wife's summons as examined in an alleged influence scheme. “If my wife were in the dock for corruption, I would have resigned,” he said in the interview for El Confidencial.
Feijóo has also accused Sánchez of “authoritarian tics” that would not allow new agreements to renew state bodies, and has insisted that he has become the “owner” of the PSOE.
The Minister of Education, Vocational Training and Sports, Pilar Alegría, also responded to these statements, saying that He has criticised the fact that the PP president “does not know what he is saying or does not understand what he has signed” in the text for the renewal of the CGPJ. “If he makes these kinds of statements, after concluding an agreement, he shows an absolute lack of leadership. And above all you wonder: either you don't know what you're saying, or you don't understand what your own party signed a few hours ago,” says Alegría in an interview for this medium.
The Minister, spokesperson for the government, also reiterated the agreement between the two parties: “If for once the Popular Party has decided to step out of that groundhog dream and take this step to return to the Constitution and constitutionality , welcome .”