Javier Milei returns to Spain a month after the diplomatic conflict broke out between Argentina and the Government of Pedro Sánchez following the president’s words about Begoña Gómez – whom he called “corrupt” -. He does it with relations still frozen between them. … countries and without the Argentine ambassador having returned to Madrid. As in his previous visit, the economist will not be received by the President of the Government or by Felipe VI. But he will do it for the Madrid president, Isabel Díaz-Ayuso, who will present him with the International Medal of the Community of Madrid tomorrow at the Royal Post Office.
The fact that the popular leader is going to be in charge of receiving Milei with honors – the event is scheduled to be held around two in the afternoon – in the midst of the diplomatic storm has provoked criticism from both the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as on the part of the PSOE itself. Sources from the department headed by José Manuel Albares maintain that the Argentine leader has shown “a repeated attitude of seeking confrontation.” “It is surprising and anomalous that a foreign president does not request, in any of his first visits to Spain, an institutional meeting with his counterpart, as all Presidents in the world do, while maintaining private meetings with regional authorities.”
Diplomatic sources insist that the Government of Spain will provide Milei with “the treatment” that a head of Government deserves – he will be able to land at the Torrejón de Ardoz Airport and his security will carry weapons to protect him at all times during his visit. However, they say they hope that he “will live up to the Argentine people and respect Spanish institutions” – something that, they say, he did not do on his previous visit.
These sources also express surprise at the fact that Ayuso is going to receive the Argentine president, which they consider to be an act of “disloyalty” that even violates the Law of Action and Foreign Service, which was approved during the mandate of Mariano Rajoy. The socialists, for their part, have also charged against Ayuso, whom they accuse of only wanting to “humiliate” by receiving Milei.
This is what Patxi López, parliamentary spokesperson for the PSOE, said in the halls of Congress today before entering the plenary session. The Madrid president, with this decision, shows her absolute sympathy for the controversial leader. The national leadership of her party, on the other hand, has never wanted to support the attitude of the Argentine president since the controversy following his visit last month.
This same week, as a prelude to his visit to Spain, Milei has once again attacked the general secretary of the PSOE. “He is advancing freedom of expression, it is clear that it is Maduro’s model that he is applying.”
Visits to Germany and the Czech Republic
After spending time in Spain, the Argentine president plans to travel to Germany and the Czech Republic. Although the Casa Rodada has decided to modify the roadmap. No more bilateral meeting with Olaf Scholz – as planned. The Argentine Government has not wanted to clarify the reasons for this change, but this occurs after the spokesman for the German Executive has disfigured the last words spoken by Milei about Sánchez.
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