Today, society is experiencing passionate cross-cutting debates that have as protagonists the use of technology, immigration flows, the threat of a world war or the conservation of the planet. These are crucial questions that overlap and question us about the world we are going to leave to our children. Surely one of the most exciting is the one that has started in Europe and that confronts the sustainability model with the future of agriculture and livestock. The EU's environmental policies have collided with the economic reality of the primary sector until it rebelled and managed to rectify some of the measures prepared by the European politburo. Two months ago, the Commission was forced to withdraw the law that aimed to reduce the use of pesticides, and other decisions in favor of the environment have been paralyzed.
Faced with European elections in June with a very uncertain result due to the probable growth of the extreme right, the move made by the PSOE to place its most environmentalist profile at the forefront of its candidacy is significant. None other than the vice president for the Energy Transition, Teresa Ribera, who would leave her position in the Spanish Government for the European adventure. At a time when greater defense spending by EU countries is also being debated very intensely, the PSOE replaces Josep Borrell – who has been a firm defender of these theses – with a politician with an unquestionable pedigree in the world of sustainability. The bet is quite a message right now. It is not the same to place Borrell or Ribera at the head of the socialist candidacy.
The current third vice president, as our correspondent in Brussels, Beatriz Navarro, reveals, could in the future occupy a portfolio related to climate or energy in the future European Commission. The Government of Pedro Sánchez should aspire to have some area of responsibility for the weight of our country, and Ribera is a highly respected figure for his work in recent years. The jump to Europe occurs at a decisive moment.
