Sources from the Partido Popular leadership explained the clear discrepancy with the ecclesiastical hierarchy, represented by the president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference (CEE), Monsignor Luis Argüello, regarding the regularization process. This measure was greenlit by the Council of Ministers following the agreement between the PSOE and Podem.
“"We do not work for the Church, nor do we have to always agree with it."
Beyond denouncing a "smokescreen" by Pedro Sánchez to divert attention from the railway tragedy in Adamuz (Córdoba) and the chaos in Rodalies in Catalonia, the PP must position itself on the ILP (Popular Legislative Initiative) that promoted the regularization, which received the greatest support in 50 years of democracy, including the endorsement of the CEE.
The Popular Group initially allowed the ILP to be processed, opposed only by Vox. However, the PP always conditioned its final support on the acceptance of amendments that would toughen the conditions, such as vetoing regularization for those with criminal records or demanding an express commitment to "constitutional and democratic values."
Feijóo will culminate his strong opposition at the summit that the main leaders of the European People's Party (PPE) will hold this weekend in Zagreb (Croatia). The PP does not rule out presenting some type of legal appeal, as they consider that the Spanish regularization will allow immigrants to settle in any other EU Member State, by virtue of the free movement of workers.
