Podemos, also against Sánchez for the drought decree: "Look for another issue after messing with the house"

The announcement of the ICO credits met with immediate opposition from the Minister of Social Rights, Ione Belarra, who accused Sánchez of “fomenting the mortgage spiral”, and from the second vice president, Yolanda Díaz, who made ugly the “expired proposal […] unfair and ineffective” of its partners. The allies of the investiture were not left behind and the PSOE found itself, overnight, without allies to its left and with the only endorsement of PP and Vox.

“If he had such urgency for a new decree for the drought, he could have carried it in hand on Tuesday,” clarify sources from the leadership of Podemos. “What he is doing is bringing up another topic after having messed it up with the house,” they add after a week fraught with criticism for water management.

[Pedro Sánchez announces labor regulations against heat without consulting the employer or unions]

The reflection goes far beyond the credits of the ICO, which is still the tip of the iceberg of a communication policy that annoys partners and opposition alike. In recent weeks, the PSOE's modus operandi has been to announce —by surprise and at party rallies— new actions and decrees, the majority on housing, and inflate the pre-campaign two weeks before 28-M.

A climate shield

The opinion of the purples did not improve once the content of the decree was known. Late on Wednesday, Ione Belarra sent the PSOE through official channels a series of “contributions” to activate, also urgently and during the same Council of Ministers, a climate shield similar to the one designed to deal with the consequences of the pandemic and the Ukrainian war.

Party sources confirm that, among the proposed measures, is launching a network of mandatory climate shelters in all cities, “keeping public libraries and cultural centers open” or prohibiting the felling of trees in these spaces.. In addition, it proposes “to guarantee that residences, nursery schools and care centers for vulnerable populations have sufficient means to maintain an adequate temperature.”

“In this legislature we have shown that crises can be managed from the Government in a different way, without leaving anyone behind. In the face of unexpected crises, such as the pandemic, the war in Ukraine or heat waves, the Government must implement ambitious social measures such as those that Podemos is once again proposing,” they explained from the formation.

[Pedro Sánchez starts the campaign with an extraordinary Council to launch measures against the drought]

The world against the PSOE

The context could not be more damaging for the Socialists, isolated by the left to their left in Congress and put on the ropes by the Bank of Spain, which this Wednesday issued a harsh report against the Housing Law and all the measures that Sánchez has announced over the past month. With this amendment at the gates of the elections, the PSOE turns the page.

At least, this is also explained by sources from different parties of the investiture bloc consulted by this newspaper, who agree that Sánchez's “baroque style” with his ads has forced him to modify his agenda, after seeing his speech on the living place.

In the last three weeks alone, the trickle of surprise measures has been incessant: 50,000 Sareb homes for social and affordable rental; another 4,000 million from the ICO for the construction and rehabilitation of 43,000 homes; the construction of 20,000 public houses on land belonging to the Ministry of Defense; and now the guarantees for young people who want to access a mortgage.

In the Moncloa, for the moment, they do not rectify. Although de jure the coalition government continues, the reality is that the president does and undoes as he pleases, announces with his times and executes with his signature directly in the Council, without going through the commission of secretaries of state and before the rejection of five of its 22 ministers, who bow their heads every Tuesday with each new decree.

As EL ESPAÑOL already announced, Sánchez's plan does not change. Government sources assure that this dynamic will continue to be repeated between now and the municipal and autonomic elections of May 28 and, even more, it will be repeated again in the run-up to the general elections in December.

The return of the social Fridays, of the extraordinary Councils and of the surprise announcements. All of this with part of the government against it.