The president of United States, Joe Bidenhe proposed this Tuesday to his Spanish counterpart, Pedro Sanchezincrease from four to six US destroyers in Broken (Cadiz). The compromise reached between both leaders must be endorsed, first, in the Council of Ministers and, later, in the Congress of Deputies. The Government has already ensured the success of this last step. The general secretary of the PP, Cuca Gamarra, has guaranteed its support to change the agreement on Rota. Citizens have done the same. With the socialist votes (120), those of the popular ones (88) and the orange ones (9), the proposal would obtain a support of 217 ‘yeses’, a figure more than enough.
Early this Wednesday, Gamarra has assured that the PP will support the proposal to expand the presence of the United States in the Rota base with two new ships that will be added to the four already installed there since 2014 and 2015. “The PP will not fail the Spaniards and, therefore, in these issues that have to do with our situation in the framework of defense and security, we will rise to the occasion“, Gamarra has assured in an interview on the Cope chain.
When expressly asked if the Popular Group will give its votes to the Government in Congress to approve the modification of the Rota cooperation agreement after Podemos is against increasing the military presence, Gamarra stressed that Alberto Nunez Feijoo is demonstrating with its actions that the PP is a state party and that “above the party is the country“In addition, he has demanded that Sánchez abandon “arrogance” and respond to the offer of a State pact on security and defense that Feijóo made to him.
other endorsements
The Conservatives are not the only ones who have already shown their explicit support. The training led by Ines Arrimadas She has also declared herself proud that the United States has made the decision to expand its presence in Spain. In this sense, they confirm their intention to support the proposal to strengthen Spain’s leading role in NATO.
Even his deputy secretary general and spokesman in Congress, Edmund Ballalready predicts what will happen with that military cooperation agreement: “The usual will happen, the PSOE will be left hanging because Podemos will bring out its rancid and outdated pacifism. Despite having Putin’s beast threatening us, we have to win the war based on kisses and hugs, “he ironized, also in statements in the corridors of Congress.
Despite Bal’s predictions, for the moment the purples have preferred to remain silent after the pact reached with the PSOE to keep a low profile during the NATO summit. United We Can has been against expanding the Defense budget to 2% of GDP in recent weeks and the proposal to add two new destroyers to the Rota base does not seem to please them either. The federal coordinator of IU and Minister of Consumption, Alberto Garzón, has assured that it is early to position himself and that the details will have to be seen.
ERC will vote no and commitments do not like it
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ERC, one of the main budgetary allies of the coalition government, has already advanced this Wednesday its rejection of the agreement reached with the United States to increase the number of North American destroyers at the Rota base (Cádiz) from four to six. “Anything that is a military increase, ERC will never be in favor,” said its spokesman for Defense in Congress, Gerard Álvarez, who considers that this agreement is “an understandable decision by a militarist state.”
Compromís, other of the usual partners of the Executive, has also admitted, through the mouth of his deputy, Joan Baldoví, that he does not like that the conclusion of the meeting between presidents Joe Biden and Pedro Sánchez is to increase the military presence, although he does not advance your vote.