Emmanuel Macron declared shortly before winning his first election that it was a mistake to consider the program the egg yolk of a campaign: "Politics is mysticism, style, magic." It is not the best of reflections to consider the program unimportant. But it was even more surprising to hear him say that politics was magic. I see Mago Pop and I don't think he's doing politics. I look at the serious problems facing France and it just occurs to me that Macron must have lost his wand.
Anyway, there are moments in politics that surprise like the best numbers of illusionism. Like when at the headquarters of the PP in Genoa it went from shouting "Pujol enano, habla castellano" to "Pujol guaperas, habla lo que quieras". Or this month of August, when again the populists have stopped describing Carles Puigdemont as "the fugitive" to highlight him as a legitimate actor in Spanish politics. Both in 1996 and now, the PP needs the votes of the universe that Junts represents, just as it previously required those of CiU to reach Moncloa. Then it was easier, since the demands of the nationalists were more bearable.
The general secretary of the PP, Cuca Gamarra, said in the heat of the moment that the red line to negotiate was Bildu. The deputy general secretary, Esteban González Pons, opened up the possibility of negotiating with Junts and ERC, because "beyond the actions that four people carried out, they represent parties with a legality that is not in doubt". And it has been leaked that a Catalan leader of the PP called Puigdemont to explore if there was room.
Yesterday it was Vice President Yolanda Díaz who had a meeting with Puigdemont, which made the negotiation official. Gamarra hastened to write to the X network that the left stop taking the Spaniards by the hair and say what they are willing to do to stay in power.
The Spanish Government, which two months ago insisted that Puigdemont should surrender to the authorities, met with him a few hours ago. And amnesty, which was impossible, is beginning to be probable. Maybe politics is magic and the ex-president returns teleported by Antonio Díaz when he returns from Broadway.
