The result of the Galician elections is not irrelevant. Obviously, it is not for Galicia, which has taken, freely and democratically, the decision that has seemed most convenient to it about how and by whom it wants to be governed for the next four years. But the results are also projected for the whole of Spain, given that the elections were preceded by a campaign in which many aspects and issues of extra-autonomous scope had a prominent presence.
However, at the outset, it is necessary to emphasize the success of the PP. He has won again in a decisive manner, with an absolute majority endorsed by a government action that Galician citizens share and approve. This alone is very significant; winning from the government is not always easy and when it is, it means that things have been done well. Certainly, the victory of the PP has a Galician accent; it does not seem coherent to read it in Spanish. The results of four years ago were repeated, at a time when the Spanish situation was different. Now, it has been won because it has been governed well; what happens in Madrid had nothing - or very little - to do with it.
In fact, in Galicia, the existence of two large blocs has become evident: that of the Popular Party and that of the others. As for many years. With a single and important difference: the BNG has consolidated itself as a decisive force in Galicianism. While the PSOE was talking about what is happening in Spain, the BNG has spent its campaign time talking about Galicia. With a progressive vision, but from Galicia. And many voters, tired of being considered as a mere stage for an alien confrontation, have preferred Galicia. In a way, Galicia has won these elections.
And the PSOE will have to reflect, and a lot. First of all, it will be necessary to take note of the fact that its government partners, Sumar and Podemos, are straining the coalition in favor of who knows what. They criticize what they do themselves, they weaken the PSOE and they don't get any benefit from it. With a poorly founded message, they are not needed in the social reality of Galicia or many other places in Spain. They have every right to do so; this is an expression of freedom. But a Government is not a laboratory for experiments. At first, the adventure may be interesting; when insistence is not translated into reality, fashion passes. Now, the PSOE has also paid for its failure. It is one thing to share an investiture; another, sharing a government action.
The BNG has occupied much of the space of the PSOE. He has intelligently benefited from their collaboration, without committing himself to either a style or a Government action. The goal was Galicia and he has served it with consistency and tenacity. In fact, during the electoral campaign, the PSOE was stubborn in presenting the BNG as the reference partner. And, logically, people accepted it and preferred to vote for the master instead of the disciple.
In conclusion, it is true that everything remains very much the same. Two stabilized blocs, with a different composition in the so-called progressive bloc. But you must not be mistaken. Not everything is equal; there are differences that are projected across Spain as a whole. The perception of a very radically confronted Spain does not seem to have been reflected in the result of the Galician elections. More participation, one more point of pluralism, little echo of the drama that some have wanted to introduce. A government in Madrid that shows fragility, pressured by conditions that creak. Here, too, all the same, but more obvious.
what to do At least accept the lessons that reality imposes. That everything is not the same!
