Compromís leader admits political intent behind Valencia teachers' strike
Miquel Real, former chief of staff to Mónica Oltra, admits the teachers' strike in Valencia aims to trigger social unrest against Spain's regional government. Data and analysis.
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Compromís lets the cat out of the bag: the teachers' strike aims to trigger social unrest
Miquel Real, former chief of staff to Mónica Oltra and a current leader of Compromís, has been blunt: the teachers' strike in the Valencian Community is not about wages or working conditions. The goal, in his own words, is to "bring down the Consell and spark a 15M." A confession that dismantles the official narrative and confirms what many suspected.
A ringleader's confession
Real, one of the organizers of the teachers' protests, has revealed that the real intention is political: to force social unrest that weakens the PP and Vox government in the Valencian Community. While the unions demand pay raises — figures of around 3,000 euros net per month are cited as a demand — the movement's leadership is aiming for a change of government. The regional education ministry, for now, is not giving in.
The parallel with Catalonia is inevitable: there, with a government of the PSC and independence parties, the same organizations have rejected a 600-euro monthly raise. Coherence is conspicuously absent.
A repeating pattern
It is not just education. The unions are mobilizing strikes across multiple sectors, all with a common denominator: creating confrontation with the regional government. Meanwhile, the encampment in Valencia's Plaza de la Virgen looks more like a political protest than a labor dispute. The question is whether the strategy will work or whether, as some analyses suggest, the desire to "shift deputies" will collide with electoral reality. With these maneuvers, Compromís is gambling its credibility and that of a group with legitimate reasons to protest. But when the leader himself admits the goal is not education, the debate changes entirely.
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Miquel Real, former chief of staff to Mónica Oltra and a current leader of Compromís, has been blunt: the teachers' strike in the Valencian Community is not about wages or working conditions. The goal, in his own words, is to "bring down the Consell and spark a 15M." A confession that dismantles the official narrative and confirms what many suspected.
A ringleader's confession
Real, one of the organizers of the teachers' protests, has revealed that the real intention is political: to force social unrest that weakens the PP and Vox government in the Valencian Community. While the unions demand pay raises — figures of around 3,000 euros net per month are cited as a demand — the movement's leadership is aiming for a change of government. The regional education ministry, for now, is not giving in.
The parallel with Catalonia is inevitable: there, with a government of the PSC and independence parties, the same organizations have rejected a 600-euro monthly raise. Coherence is conspicuously absent.
A repeating pattern
It is not just education. The unions are mobilizing strikes across multiple sectors, all with a common denominator: creating confrontation with the regional government. Meanwhile, the encampment in Valencia's Plaza de la Virgen looks more like a political protest than a labor dispute. The question is whether the strategy will work or whether, as some analyses suggest, the desire to "shift deputies" will collide with electoral reality. With these maneuvers, Compromís is gambling its credibility and that of a group with legitimate reasons to protest. But when the leader himself admits the goal is not education, the debate changes entirely.
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