The forest fires that affect different parts of Spain have reopened the political debate on the need to reach a State pact against the climate emergency. However, the lack of understanding between the Government and the opposition continues to distance that possibilitya situation that Vicente Vallés also wanted to comment on.
During his analysis in Antena 3 Newsthe journalist recalled that the Executive already proposed this agreement months ago and doubted that it could prosper in the current political scenario. “It did not happen when the legislature began, even less is it going to happen now when we are already in its final months,” he stated, in reference to the difficulty of reaching a consensus between the main political forces.
Vallés’ words come at a time when The Government has once again insisted on the need to move forward with this agreement. The third vice president and minister for the Ecological Transition, Sara Aagesen, demands that all parties join the pact, considering that it is a “necessary, urgent and responsible act” measure. The minister recalled that the proposal has incorporated thousands of contributions from the scientific community, unions, companies, social organizations and other groups.
The Minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Ángel Víctor Torres, expressed himself along the same lines, who assured that It is impossible to reach a State pact as long as there are parties that deny the evidence of climate change. In his opinion, the increase in temperatures, the damage and the increasingly intense fires show that Spain needs a coordinated response to a reality that already affects the entire territory.
The PP rejects the climate pact, but asks for more coordination
The main opposition party maintains a different position. The vice-secretary of Institutional Regeneration of the PP, Cuca Gamarra, assures that her training is willing to reach agreements to improve coordination in emergenciesalthough he rejected the current State pact against the climate emergency because he considers that it responds to a “marketing strategy to save a headline.”
As explained, the PP maintains that the initiative announced by the Government almost a year ago has not registered progress and denounces that, since then, there has been no real negotiation to turn it into a political agreement. The popular ones defend, on the other hand, a more reinforced national Civil Protection systemstable financing to prevent fires and better forest management to reduce risk during the months of greatest danger.
This blockade scenario is precisely what led Vicente Vallés to be especially pessimistic about the future of the pact. In his opinion, the distance between the Government and the opposition makes it difficult to think that a State agreement can be reached precisely in the final stretch of the legislature, when the political confrontation continues to mark the public debate.