Hot autumn in the Government: PSOE and Podemos mark their own profile at the beginning of the course

United We Can claims to be the party that defends the most vulnerable in the face of the imminent electoral cycle The Government has been divided in Congress: the PSOE supported the expansion of NATO, Podemos abstained and IU voted against The purple formation has redoubled its pressure about the socialists registering their law to cap mortgages in the Chamber The political course has only just begun but it already heralds a hot autumn between the two partners of the coalition government, PSOE and Podemos. In these early stages, the open gap between the defense policy and NATO has been visualized -a distance that seems already assumed by the two parties-, and the differences on the recipes that must be applied to mitigate the effects of the economic crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. Capping mortgages or limiting the prices of basic foodstuffs in the shopping basket are measures that Podemos has proposed alone, that have generated rejection in the socialist part of the Government and with which the purple formation tries to mark its own profile before a impending election cycle. The confederal space is claimed as the defender of the most vulnerable families at a time of great economic difficulties, the PSOE as the party of the country’s middle and working classes. Each one proclaims himself as the author of the most social measures. Sánchez and Díaz, in campaign Yolanda Díaz, who has made a flag of limiting the price of basic foodstuffs in the shopping basket, seeks visibility and prominence to distance herself from the PSOE. The vice president continues with her ‘Sumar’ listening process with the ultimate goal of putting together a project with which to run for the next general elections in December 2023. Pedro Sánchez, for his part, is focused on deploying the work of his Executive with the campaign ‘The Government of the People’. The Socialists want to rearm ideologically to stop the president from wearing down and reconnect with a demobilized and dejected electorate, as was seen in the Andalusian elections. Sánchez continuously presses on his message that the government works for the social majority against the economic power and the elites. There are several active sources of tension that can become more acute and multiply because the scenario does not seem to improve. PSOE and Podemos are also in full negotiation of the third General State Budgets of the coalition where each party wants to print its seal. The sources of tensionBumping mortgages. Podemos has challenged the PSOE this week by registering in Congress its law to put a temporary cap on the rise in variable-rate mortgages for vulnerable families after the president himself opposed it because, in his opinion, he does not allow it Europe. It is a way of putting pressure on the socialists. The goal is to lower the monthly fee by 150 euros. The purples complain that it is already “customary” for the PSOE to blame them that their proposals are not legal, although they are later carried out as the cap on gas. Shopping basket. Yolanda Díaz ventured to propose a cap on the price of basic food without consulting anyone. The second vice president is marking the playing field for her and is the one who has the singing voice of the initiative despite the fact that from the first moment the socialist part of the Government showed her reluctance. “It is not legally possible or desirable,” said Agriculture Minister Luis Planas. The head of Defense, Margarita Robles, went further than her and accused her of wanting to “patrimonialize” the most vulnerable. The expansion of NATO. Last Thursday the Government was divided in the vote of the Congress that gave the go-ahead to the entry of Sweden and Finland into NATO. The PSOE voted in favor and Podemos abstained on the grounds that it was the best way to reconcile its traditional rejection of the Atlantic Alliance with respect for the decisions of two sovereign countries. Izquierda Unida went further and voted against although its federal coordinator, the Minister of Consumption, Alberto Garzón, also decided to abstain. Defense spending. Sánchez’s commitment to NATO to increase military spending to 2% of GDP is right now one of the main stumbling blocks in the budget negotiations between the two partners. Podemos is opposed and demands that no item destined for social spending is not harmed. It is a point of friction that the Treasury wants to save with the special Defense plan without touching the spending ceiling. One of the solutions is to raise the salary of the 120,000 soldiers and personnel of the Ministry of Defense. The Housing Law. It is one of the star projects of the legislature that is currently stuck in Congress due to the lack of agreement between PSOE and Podemos. It was already the object of negotiation in the previous Budgets, Podemos put the regulation of the rental price as a red line to approve the accounts in the Council of Ministers. Now he wants to go further and registered a series of amendments to a text that he had agreed to the commas with the Socialists. The two parties accuse each other of the stoppage. I pardon Griñán. It is a hot potato that the Government has on the table, the possible pardon of the former president of the Andalusian Government, José Antonio Griñán, sentenced by the Supreme Court to 6 years in prison for prevarication and embezzlement by the ERE. While the PSOE surfs on the matter without getting wet, the purples have been openly opposed to granting the measure of grace. “The pardon cannot be used for this type of thing,” warned Pablo Echenique. Ammunition for the PP An image of internal noise within the Government that the entire right takes advantage of to delve into the wound of the division. That noise complicates the explanation of the Executive’s social measures and is ammunition for the PP. From Feijóo to the last of the popular positions they use these discrepancies to attack Sánchez and convey the idea that the president does not control his entire cabinet and is already in a “resistance” phase. Feijóo exploits the message of Sánchez’s weakness presiding over an exhausted government at a complex moment and encourages the change of cycle after the next general elections. The latest CIS survey, unlike the rest, has given the PSOE a break, which is once again in first place. The Socialists obtain an estimated vote of 29.2% compared to 28.5% for the PP. Sánchez also regains first place in the confidence levels of those surveyed. Podemos continues to decline and remains at 12.8% of the votes.