Complex hours for the coalition government. The decision announced after the Council of Ministers by Pedro Sánchez to increase military spending by ten billion and the information published today that Interior completed a contract that was considered canceled since October for the purchase of ammunition to an Israeli company has angered three heavyweights from the United Left, one of the pieces of the Mecano add.
Antonio Maíllo, general secretary of the coalition, has spoken of “government crisis” from Villalar de los Comuneros to what he considers an “act of irresponsibility.” Pedro Sánchez’s message has generated deep, increased discomfort, according to Maíllo, for breach by Fernando Grande Marlaska, of the cancellation order of contracts to Israeli companies. “We talk about unilateral decisions that make the government’s strategy very difficult for 2027,” he denounced.
At a press conference, Enrique Santiago, general secretary of the PCE and deputy of the Sumar Group in the Congress of Deputies has influenced that now IU is raised all the scenarios, including that of the government’s departure. From the coalition, the urgent call of the table of parties that make up the coalition of adding, the add, the common and more Madrid has been requested.
Also Sira Rego, Minister of Youth and Childhood, has shown her outrage at facts that she considers “extreme gravity.” In a letter sent to the Minister of Interior, Rego considers “essential that it proceed immediately to the cancellation of this contract and that an audit that sheds light on other contracts or commercial relations of any other type that could be with Israel” is launched.
In Congress, Verónica Martínez, spokesman to add, has asked for the cancellation of the contract and that Marlaska gives explanations to her partners, but the Magenta formation has not climbed until talking about crisis in the government. Also more Madrid, through its leader in the Regional Parliament, Manuela Bergerot, has criticized the contract for the purchase of ammunition: “The position of more Madrid is very clear: not a euro of Spanish public spending to finance the Israeli War Industry.”
