The departure of the Government from the third vice president, Teresa Riberaonce she has been proposed to be European commissioner, has left the portfolio of the Ministry of Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge. One of those who are considered to occupy that position is Juan Espadas, general secretary of the PSOE of Andalusia (PSOE-A)who this Thursday did not rule out this option: “It is a decision of the president,” Pedro Sánchez.
Spades He has indicated that “there is no door open or closed” regarding that possibility, and has assured that Sánchez has not told him anything about it. “I have talked about many things” with Sánchez “this summer, and we have already had several coordination meetings,” but he emphasizes that “the president decides these things when he considers them, and it’s not time yet“, because Teresa Ribera “has just been proposed” to be part of the government of the European Commissionand meanwhile “it remains vice president” of the Spanish executive “until the entire process is completed.”
In any case, Spades has defended that the proposal of Bank as vice president and European commissioner is “a great news for Spaindemonstrates our leadership in Europe“, and the socialist minister is “an absolutely suitable candidate for that position of vice president of the Commission“, and for “all the challenges that we have right now in the issues that she is going to manage.”
To the comment that “it leaves the door open” to the possibility of being minister with those statements that “it is not yet time” to relieve Bank, Juan Espadas has replied that “there is no door open or closed,” and that “that It is a decision of the President of the Government», and he is «focused on what lies ahead, which is not little, which is work in Andalusia». “I have always said it, and that is where I want to continue focused and concentrated,” he stressed.
PSOE of Andalusia
Likewise, the secretary general of the PSOE-A has maintained that critical positions regarding his leadership within the andalusian socialist federation They are “only a few in relation to an immense majority that defends and supports” their project.
“If it weren’t like that, I would have left by now, I can guarantee it,” he stated. Juan Espadaswho then stressed that the Regional Congress that the PSOE-A will be held after the federal one at the end of November will be an “opportunity” to “confront ideas”, and “if there is any other colleague who presents a different project than the one I represent and the one I want to defend, we will be able to see it, as has already happened in those primaries” to which Espadas attended in 2021 to become the socialist candidate for the presidency of the Board, in which he obtained the “majority trust” of the militancy of the PSOE-Aas assessed.
Juan Espadas has added that in the PSOE “There is democracy, there is debate, there are critical positions, but the absolutely majority position is that our political project – the one he heads – is worth it,” that “he has to continue his task and go to the end to offer him an alternative government.” to the Andalusians.
“That’s what I’m into, and I’m convinced that in the end it’s going to turn out well for us,” commented Juan Espadas before adding that the task of opposition, like the one he carries out in Andalusia against the Government of PP-A“she is always tough, she has few friends”, as well as pointing out that he tries to exercise the opposition “in a loyal, constructive way, being capable” of maintaining a “belligerent and critical” position with respect to the Executive of Juanma Morenobut at the same time “telling what” their “proposals” are and “demonstrating solidity” to “gain the trust of citizens.”
“That’s what I work on,” he said. Juan Espadaswho has stressed that his “will” is to repeat as candidate of the PSOE-A to the Board, although he has stressed that this is “decided by the socialist militancy”, towards which he must be “respectful”, because they have “the last word.”
Along these lines, he has pointed out that Pedro Sanchezas secretary general of the PSOE“has his opinion”, but “those who vote are the Andalusian militants”, who are the ones who decide, with their vote, the leadership and candidacies of the party, he stressed.
Thus, Espadas has indicated that if his project is “exciting”, he hopes to gain “everyone’s trust”, and has stressed that he is “giving his all”, being “convinced” that he will achieve his objective, and that heads “a project much better than the one they represent” the PP-A and its president, Juanma Moreno, “for Andalusia”, has elaborated.
federal congress
On the other hand, Spades has justified that the PSOE go celebrate in Seville your next Federal Congress -between November 29 and December 1- pointing out that Sevillians “are good hosts”, as well as highlighting that the PSOE of Andalusia It concentrates “almost 25% of the census of socialist militancy in Spain”, so that the Andalusian federation is “the largest” of the PSOE in the country as a whole.
Besides, Spades has considered that the choice of Seville as the headquarters of the PSOE Congress is “a gesture of the general secretary and president of the Government”, Pedro Sanchezwith the Andalusian federation, and is also related to the fact that, “if there is no incident, the next regional elections” to be held in Spain, in 2026, will be in Andalusia and in Castile and Leónhas abounded.
Juan Espadas He added that for the Andalusian socialists “it is not only a gesture” that the federal Congress is going to be held in Seville, but it is “good news, because there is going to be an interesting debate and an ambitious presentation, connected to the society of this time that needs to address important challenges”, and he concluded by pointing out that he is “delighted to receive all the” socialist “comrades” from all over Spain” in said conclave at the end of November.
