Like in the FEN books

Serrat defined Francoist Spain in his song Temps era temps as "one, great and free.

Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne
18 May 2022 Wednesday 15:59
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Like in the FEN books

Serrat defined Francoist Spain in his song Temps era temps as "one, great and free... Metro Goldwin Mayer", which was a way of confronting the FEN (Formation of the National Spirit) books with Hollywood cinema, which , beyond censorship, allowed us to escape from the black and white Spain in which they lived. But, in a democracy, defining Spain has been a mess from day one, so the Constitution ran aground on this point, and its drafters invented the distinction between nationalities and regions to please everyone. Years later, the Constitutional Court had to clarify that the only nation in the legal sense was Spain, although there may be historical nationalities. In the last few hours, the fact that Elías Bendodo, number three of the PP, defended the plurality of the State has caused a fire in Madrid (and in its media bubble, which long ago gave up fire extinguishers), which from the periphery has resulted in a controversy amazing.

In reality, it all started with Alberto Núñez Feijóo's speech at the Cercle d'Economia in Barcelona, ​​which was listened to carefully by the Catalan business community and valued for its regional sensitivity. It was possible to infer from Feijóo's words the recognition of plurinational Spain for its defense of the different identities of the State, although he did not use the term. Instead, he cited "Catalan nationality." So it happened to Bendodo what happened to so many attendees at the Cercle session, who believed that the president of the PP was going beyond what they understood.

Bendodo has had to rectify and Feijóo, clarify his position. The PP does not want to enter the territorial discourse and is even concerned about the Galicianism of its new leader. But the truth is that the PSOE also renounced the term plurinational state in its October congress, even though Pedro Sánchez had raised this flag in the primaries in which he was elected as president. It was about not seeming to endorse the identity position of independence.

In yesterday's El País, a PP baron emphatically settled the controversy: “What are we? Very simple, Spain”. He only lacked to add and “the Metro Goldwin Mayer”.


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