One month after the diplomatic dispute between Argentina and Spain, the “anarcho-capitalist” president Javier Miley returns to Madrid after new insults to Pedro Sánchez and without fulfilling the protocol obligation of requesting an interview from the head of the Spanish government. Rather, he asked for King Felipe VI to receive him, but to no avail. The bilateral meeting that was scheduled to be held in Berlin with German Socialist Chancellor Olaf Scholz was also cancelled, after the official government spokesman considered the Argentine’s words about Sanchez’s wife “unpleasant.”
Like a spark in dry grass, Miley’s words at the far-right Vox party’s conference in Madrid before the Europeans continue to spread a diplomatic fire that has already crossed the borders of the two Spanish-speaking countries. As always happens on such occasions, there are those who take advantage of the situation. This is the case of the leader of the Madrid Community, Isabel Díaz Ayuso (Popular Party), who decided to honor the Argentine president and thus score points with Vox voters.
But let’s go in parts. It all started on May 17, at the Fox International gathering, where Miley Begonia Gomez, Pedro Sanchez’s wife, was described as “corrupt” due to suspicions of nepotism by private companies in which she was involved, even before the case was opened. “They don’t know what kind of society and country socialism can produce, what kind of people come to power and what levels of abuse it can generate. Even if he has a corrupt wife, gets dirty and takes five days to think about it.”
The next day, the Spanish government withdrew the country’s ambassador from Buenos Aires and summoned the Argentine ambassador to an urgent meeting due to Miley’s statements, which Madrid considered an insult to Pedro Sanchez. Spanish Transport Minister Oscar Puente suggested that the Argentine could have consumed “substances”, leading to crossed and unrequited demands for an apology from both governments.
This Tuesday, less than 72 hours before returning to Madrid to be honored by the Community of Madrid and Think tank Liberal Juan de Mariana Institute, Miley returned to attacking Sánchez. “The coward has sent all his ministers to insult me,” he said in an interview with Argentine channel Tele Noticias, then stated that he was referring to Sanchez. “It started with this guy from transport, and when I didn’t respond, he ordered women to attack me and then called me a misogynist.”
At that point, he already knew that Felipe VI had refused the attendance requested by Maili – even though he had not done so for the head of the executive, as was the protocol. Sources from Zarzuela Palace reported El Pais The king “coordinates with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs” and that “foreign policy is exclusively the responsibility of the government.” You have already heard Sánchez’s executive spokeswoman say that she hopes “that, through his statements, he will maintain respect for the people of Spain and its institutions.”
This Thursday, on the eve of landing in Madrid, Miley was the protagonist of discussions in the Regional Assembly of Madrid, where both Vox and PSOE criticized the personal decision taken by Isabel Díaz Ayuso to award the Argentine with the International Community Medal.
“When Miley discovers that public spending has increased and she… [Ayuso] pay for middle Supported, it will enter [Portas do] “Saul Chainsaw,” said Vox’s Rocio Monasterio. “You are not doing this in my name or in the name of millions of Madridistas who believe in respect and good politics, which is the opposite of what you and Meli are doing, which is constant hatred,” exclaimed Juan Lobato, leader of the PSOE. Madrid.
On the other hand, Ayuso considers it an “honor” to welcome the radical South American leader, which simultaneously serves him to define his political agenda, upset the socialist government, and score points with Fox voters.
From Spain, Miley heads to Germany, to receive the award from the liberal Hayek Foundation, where he was supposed to hold a bilateral meeting with Schulz, a meeting that Argentine diplomats have since canceled. The change of plans came after the German Chancellor’s spokesman considered the South American Chancellor’s words about Sanchez and his wife “unpleasant.”
