Feijóo reverses course and backs grandchildren's nationality

Feijóo goes from criticizing the Grandchildren Law to defending it

Can a party criticize a rule as 'electoral engineering' and, shortly thereafter, claim it as its own? The PP has just said yes. Feijóo, who had attacked the Government over the so-called Grandchildren Law, has walked back his criticism: he now holds that 'grandchildren who prove kinship have the right to Spanish nationality.' The phrase is almost the exact opposite of his previous criticism. It changes who says it; it doesn't change the content.

From accusation of electoral engineering to explicit support

The shift is significant. The Grandchildren Law regulates access to Spanish nationality for descendants of emigrants, and the PP had framed it as an electoral design operation. The objection, as initially stated, was aimed at the timing and authorship rather than the substance of the issue. The formation now accepts the substantive criterion: proving kinship is sufficient. The dispute is no longer about the right itself, but who signs it and how quickly.

The cost of such a rapid reversal

The problem with such a quick U-turn is not the correction itself, but the narrative it creates: the impression that convictions last as long as it takes to pass through a focus group. In the most cynical reading, any party with options for government eventually aligns itself with the norm it once fought against, because the cost of maintaining 'no' becomes greater than joining.

So, the Grandchildren Law now has two patrons. It just awaits someone to remember who birthed it.