Sánchez's new party: London lawyer and state control focus
The announcement of Pedro Sánchez's new political project has sparked criticism regarding Miriam González Durántez's profile and her stance on immigration.
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Sánchez's new party: London lawyer and state control focus
Sánchez's new party already has a name, though unofficial: Miriam González Durántez. Born in Olmedo (Valladolid) in 1968, she is a lawyer specializing in European Union law, residing between Madrid and London, and since 2019 at the international firm Cohen Gresser after leaving Dechert LLP, where she was a partner. The announcement, shared on social media, has been met with cold reception by those expecting more than just a law firm operation. The proposal, according to the message accompanying the tweet, is "immigration as an opportunity. Without xenophobia, but with State control." A phrase that sounds like a corporate coaching manual and has triggered all kinds of reactions.
Who is Miriam González Durántez and why her name suggests an operation
The choice is not accidental. A lawyer trained in EU law, with an office in London and a career at the heart of European finance, her profile fits what some describe as "the PSOE Starmer Zionist button." The connection with the City and international law firms fuels the theory of an operation designed outside of Spain. Some see her appointment as a move to capture the vote of university-educated women aged 30 to 50, a segment that, according to critics, would vote en bloc for any figure with an Anglo-Saxon pedigree. However, her profile is not that of an outsider: her experience in political communication and her links to the PSOE (the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) in Andalusia, where she held roles between 2018 and 2019, paint a trajectory closer to the party establishment than to spontaneous activism.
State control and opportunity: the slogan that fails to convince
The message of "immigration as an opportunity" with state control attempts to occupy a space that other parties are already fighting for. The formula, however, has been met with skepticism. Part of the analysis suggests that the Ciudadanos (a centrist party) brand is exhausted and this new project arrives too late. Another current argues that one cannot "cure cancer with Paracetamol," referring to the fact that the exceptional measures required by the migration situation cannot be resolved with corporate-style rhetoric. The comparison with the PP (the conservative People's Party), which is accused of already occupying that space, looms over the conversation. The result, according to the harshest critics, is a party that offers nothing new and remains merely a footnote.
The London factor: law firms, saunas, and opaque connections
The connection between Madrid, the City, and certain power circles has been a recurring theme in the discussion. A "direct connection between Madrid, the City, and some sauna" is mentioned—an irony summarizing the distrust toward networks woven in international law firms. The supranational organization that, according to some, pulls the strings, is said to have spent a considerable amount of money promoting the candidate. The profile of a lawyer with a London office reinforces the perception of an operation designed from abroad, with names that sound like City firms and interests that do not align with those on the street.
The rally no one could endure: proge agenda and empty discourse
The first rally has been described as "more than 30 seconds of proge agenda" and "a stuffy woman with delusions of grandeur." The criticism focuses on the tone: a corporate coaching discourse, full of obvious statements, that fails to connect with the average voter. The comparison with the discourse of Matute, from Bildu (a Basque nationalist party), is revealing: even a incivil discourse, they say, has more substance. The staging, with a PSOE journalist directing, has been described as a "remote-controlled submarine directed by Radio Televisión Espantosa."
The party's future: Torre Pacheco or oblivion?
The question hanging in the air is whether this project has momentum or if it will remain a laboratory experiment. The mention of Torre Pacheco, a municipality in Murcia, as a possible next stage, sounds more like a joke than a strategy. With a candidate who has failed to inspire and a message that offers nothing new, Sánchez's new party faces an uncertain future. The doubt is not whether it will fail, but whether anyone will miss it.
Sánchez's new party is born with a burden: the feeling that it is nothing more than a law firm operation, designed to capture a specific vote without a real project behind it. The question is not whether it will work, but whether anyone outside the circles that designed it will take it seriously.
Sánchez's new party already has a name, though unofficial: Miriam González Durántez. Born in Olmedo (Valladolid) in 1968, she is a lawyer specializing in European Union law, residing between Madrid and London, and since 2019 at the international firm Cohen Gresser after leaving Dechert LLP, where she was a partner. The announcement, shared on social media, has been met with cold reception by those expecting more than just a law firm operation. The proposal, according to the message accompanying the tweet, is "immigration as an opportunity. Without xenophobia, but with State control." A phrase that sounds like a corporate coaching manual and has triggered all kinds of reactions.
Who is Miriam González Durántez and why her name suggests an operation
The choice is not accidental. A lawyer trained in EU law, with an office in London and a career at the heart of European finance, her profile fits what some describe as "the PSOE Starmer Zionist button." The connection with the City and international law firms fuels the theory of an operation designed outside of Spain. Some see her appointment as a move to capture the vote of university-educated women aged 30 to 50, a segment that, according to critics, would vote en bloc for any figure with an Anglo-Saxon pedigree. However, her profile is not that of an outsider: her experience in political communication and her links to the PSOE (the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) in Andalusia, where she held roles between 2018 and 2019, paint a trajectory closer to the party establishment than to spontaneous activism.
State control and opportunity: the slogan that fails to convince
The message of "immigration as an opportunity" with state control attempts to occupy a space that other parties are already fighting for. The formula, however, has been met with skepticism. Part of the analysis suggests that the Ciudadanos (a centrist party) brand is exhausted and this new project arrives too late. Another current argues that one cannot "cure cancer with Paracetamol," referring to the fact that the exceptional measures required by the migration situation cannot be resolved with corporate-style rhetoric. The comparison with the PP (the conservative People's Party), which is accused of already occupying that space, looms over the conversation. The result, according to the harshest critics, is a party that offers nothing new and remains merely a footnote.
The London factor: law firms, saunas, and opaque connections
The connection between Madrid, the City, and certain power circles has been a recurring theme in the discussion. A "direct connection between Madrid, the City, and some sauna" is mentioned—an irony summarizing the distrust toward networks woven in international law firms. The supranational organization that, according to some, pulls the strings, is said to have spent a considerable amount of money promoting the candidate. The profile of a lawyer with a London office reinforces the perception of an operation designed from abroad, with names that sound like City firms and interests that do not align with those on the street.
The rally no one could endure: proge agenda and empty discourse
The first rally has been described as "more than 30 seconds of proge agenda" and "a stuffy woman with delusions of grandeur." The criticism focuses on the tone: a corporate coaching discourse, full of obvious statements, that fails to connect with the average voter. The comparison with the discourse of Matute, from Bildu (a Basque nationalist party), is revealing: even a incivil discourse, they say, has more substance. The staging, with a PSOE journalist directing, has been described as a "remote-controlled submarine directed by Radio Televisión Espantosa."
The party's future: Torre Pacheco or oblivion?
The question hanging in the air is whether this project has momentum or if it will remain a laboratory experiment. The mention of Torre Pacheco, a municipality in Murcia, as a possible next stage, sounds more like a joke than a strategy. With a candidate who has failed to inspire and a message that offers nothing new, Sánchez's new party faces an uncertain future. The doubt is not whether it will fail, but whether anyone will miss it.
Sánchez's new party is born with a burden: the feeling that it is nothing more than a law firm operation, designed to capture a specific vote without a real project behind it. The question is not whether it will work, but whether anyone outside the circles that designed it will take it seriously.
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