Sanchez believes that Spain must recognize Palestine alone after trying to convince other countries

The round of contacts also included a first bilateral interview with Portugal’s new Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, which he held in Madrid on Monday. In a subsequent appearance before the media at the Moncloa Palace, the neighboring country’s conservative leader made clear of Sánchez’s intentions that “we are not going to go that fast”, and instead sought Palestine’s representation at the United Nations as a first step. Advocacy to support membership.

The Norwegian Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr, along with Storr, signed an agreement in Oslo last Friday by which the Nordic country – which does not belong to the European Union (EU) but belongs to the European Economic Area – has “prepared” itself. Announced that identity, although without specifying when. Its Parliament then urged this recognition last November, as the Congress of Deputies in our country did unanimously a decade ago, in 2014, when the populist Mariano Rajoy ruled with an absolute majority.

Already in Brussels, Sanchez has maintained bilateral contacts with the Prime Minister of Malta, Robert Abela, and the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Luc Frieden. Signed for the first time at the last European summit – this General Summit, which was held in March – a document promoted by Spain along with Ireland and Slovenia calls for that recognition, although this commitment has not progressed. As for Luxembourg, it is not even in line with Spain, and there the possibility of recognizing Palestine as a state generates a lot of internal disputes.

What the Monclovita team makes clear is that “the political decision has been made”, or what is the same thing: that it is immovable. And the “only time horizon” that the chief executive has talked about so far is the current semester. However, as the ABC has already reported, the processes have been expedited and the manifesto will be ready, possibly before the European elections on June 9.

Likewise, the government is convinced that the debate on the issue in the international community is “very fluid”, as shown by the debate taking place this week at the UN Headquarters in New York, in which Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Alberes will participate. And in this sense they assure that they will pay attention to the events of the coming weeks.

Moncloa, on the other hand, believes that the crisis over Iran’s attack on Israel last weekend is a “parallel” element to the eventual recognition of Palestinian statehood, and therefore does not influence, or should not influence.

In short, Sánchez’s intention to promote greater global recognition of Palestine has not achieved its objectives, and today the major EU countries have ceased to consider it a priority in the face of the political and war crisis arising after the Hamas attack on 7 October. Are very far away. Israel’s military response to the Gaza Strip, a conflict in which casualties number in the thousands.

Sánchez’s plans do not enjoy full support even behind closed doors. Although her colleagues, both MPs and the coalition, Sumar, are in favor of implementing this recognition, Yolanda Díaz’s allies have already made it clear to her that this will have to be done in Congress, noting that “it is a government”. agreement.” And not in any other location or “at a rally,” as that group’s spokesman, Iñigo Errezón, said at last week’s parliamentary plenary session. After recognizing Morocco’s sovereignty over the former Spanish colony, Rabat In a Copernican twist on relations, these same partners take advantage of the situation to rebuke the leader of the PSOE for his position contrary to Western Sahara’s self-determination, and then the sale of the President and several of his ministers in 2022. Pegasus infection of the phone will be revealed.

For its part, in everything related to the Middle East conflict, the presidency clashes with the Junta of Catalonia, given its traditional inclination towards Israel in the field of conservative nationalism, and even with the PNV. also, whose spokesperson in the lower house, Aitor Esteban, had already expressed his doubts about the appropriateness of this unilateral recognition in last week’s parliamentary debate.

Vox, for his part, is openly opposing the recognition of Palestine, while the leader of the opposition, Alberto Núñez Feijú, has shown his skepticism, although he defends the solution, in line with the electoral program of the Popular Party (PP). . Of two states to conflict. The government has never contacted the opposition before to reach a consensus on the position on the issue, as they regret from Genoa, although Moncloa has not ruled out doing so when making definitive recognition of Palestine, which would then He also does not have to vote in Congress.