The Minister of Equality, Irene Montero (Vamos), and the president of the Cortes of Aragon, Marta Fernández (Vox), have been involved in a tense episode this Thursday at the doors of the Aljafería palace, where both have avoided shaking hands in the protocol greeting prior to the minister's visit to the headquarters of the Aragonese Parliament.
Both exchanged a few brief words in which the minister stressed to the far-right politician that she is happy “that we are meeting at a European event to defend the right to abortion,” to which Fernández responded with a brief “welcome to this house”, as recorded in the video recorded by Radio Zaragoza.
The uncomfortable moments have not stopped there. Immediately afterwards, the president of the Chamber ostensibly denied greeting the Secretary of State for Equality, Ángela Rodríguez, who had extended her hand to Fernández.
Montero has traveled to the Aragonese capital to chair a meeting entitled “The effective guarantee of Sexual and Reproductive Rights in Europe” organized by the Government of Spain on the occasion of the Spanish presidency of the Council of Europe. European delegations responsible for equality and human rights also participate in this day to talk about reproductive rights, abortion, and sexual education.
The icy meeting between the two is preceded by Fernández's words towards Montero, of whom he said that "he only knows how to kneel to grow." Those statements were published on her social networks and deleted shortly after she was appointed president of the Cortes, although that did not prevent them from being rescued by members of the opposition along with other controversial comments in relation to climate change, vaccines or violence. against women.
