Former president Mauricio Macri added a new chapter to the political tension between Argentina and Spain. In a publication on social networks, he accused the Spanish president, Pedro Sánchez, of “dragging the historical friendship” between both countries in his electoral strategy in the middle of the European Parliament elections, he came out to praise the Popular Party and He also differed from the Argentine president, Javier Milei.
“It saddens me to see that President Sánchez drags the historical Argentine-Spanish friendship in his electoral strategy“Macri stated in a publication in
The former Argentine president also recognized the PP for having been “one of the greatest sources of inspiration and support” to create the PRO in Argentinaand thanked the former Spanish president Mariano Rajoy, the head of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, and the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, for “always cultivating friendship between our citizens.”
The conflict between Sánchez and Milei intensified again this Friday, when the leader of the PSOE criticized the far-right for the definitive closure of the former Ministry of Women, Gender and Diversity. “It hurts, but the feminist cause is a much more powerful cause than what (Javier) Milei can do.“said the Spanish president at the campaign closing ceremony for the European elections in which he used the controversy with the Argentine as part of his own campaign.
The diplomatic crisis between Argentina and Spain broke out on Sunday, May 19, when Milei accused Begoña Gómez, the wife of the Spanish president, of being “corrupt” at an event organized by the far-right party Vox. The libertarian’s scandalous statements provoked an immediate reaction from Sánchez, who decided to withdraw his ambassador in Buenos Aires. in an unprecedented degradation of bilateral relations between both countries.
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