It is interesting to review how the last three Constitution Day celebrations have unfolded, all of them under the sign of calamity.
December 6, 2020. The act is transferred to the street due to the epidemic. A very small and strictly distanced public. The vaccines are announced, but their distribution has not yet begun. There is no complete certainty about its effectiveness. The economic future of the country is unknown, but the Erte seem to have created a security mesh.
In Brussels, talk is beginning of an aid plan for the most affected countries. Germany fears the breakdown of the single market. From the first day of the state of alarm. Pablo Casado, leader of the Popular Party, opted for a total collapse of the economy that has not occurred. The president of the Congress, Meritxell Batet, implores integration and respect. Isabel Díaz Ayuso warms the atmosphere by questioning the legitimacy of the Government. She already has in mind the electoral advance in Madrid, which will take place in May 2021, with very good results for her and her party.
December 6, 2021. Celebration in front of Congress with more public. The vaccines have worked and the European funds have been approved, with strong Spanish involvement. The epidemic is beginning to subside, but some restrictions are still in force that cause a lot of social fatigue. After the departure of Salvador Illa to Catalonia, clumsiness was detected in the Ministry of Health. The mahogany PSOE with classic tones has returned at the Valencia congress (October). Pedro Sánchez has reconciled with Felipe González and Pablo Iglesias is no longer in the Government, by his own decision. Casado plans elections in Castilla y León to gain authority before Díaz Ayuso. President Batet calls for loyalty to the opposition. Soulless atmosphere in the San Jerónimo race.
December 6, 2022. The epidemic seems a thing of the past. The focus is now on the Ukraine drama. The energy war and its uncertain economic consequences. Since in summer a real apocalypse was announced for the end of the year, the atmosphere has relaxed as long as there is no recession. Sánchez shows great self-confidence, perhaps excessive confidence since no one knows when the war will end and how the winter of 2023 will take shape. Points of possible rupture on the left side of the board: Sumar and Podemos. There are stories that always repeat themselves.
The new leader of the opposition, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, is going down in all the polls. After the disaster of Pablo Casado, the Feijóo effect has lasted less than six months. The Madrid express pot is relentless. Díaz Ayuso returns to set the pace for the PP. To be more ultra, Vox does not attend the event.
Batet asks for respect from the institutions. The president of the Congress writes good speeches, with the stamp of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra. With democratic idealism, however, the degradation of parliamentary debates will not stop.
Morocco defeats Spain.
