Francesc-Marc Álvaro and Javier Melero chat with Lluís Orriols, political scientist, PhD in Political Science from the University of Oxford, professor and vice-dean of Political Science studies at the Carlos III University. In his analysis, Orriols highlights the erosion of respect for the electoral process produced by certain strategies linked to right-wing populism. According to this expert in political behavior, "one of the pillars of democracy is the consent of electoral defeats", something that was broken with the slogan of "illegitimate government" applied by the PP and Vox to the Executive of Pedro Sánchez.
For the author of the essay Democracia de trencheras (Peninsula), we have lived through "a convulsive legislature" in which the strategy of alliances of the PSOE and the impact of some measures, such as the law of yes is yes or the reform of crime, have weighed heavily. of embezzlement. For this Catalan who lives in Ayuso's Madrid, there are indications that ERC, which turned strategically from 2018, will have to "readapt" to a new context.
The first political memories of Professor Orriols are the demonstrations against NATO, which he attended hand in hand with his parents. Today, while he listens to Rosalía, Wilco and Cat Stevens, we ask him about what will happen in the general elections on July 23. He does not have a crystal ball, but he dares to give us his predictions.
