Pedro Sanchez made a choice in favor of continuity. The surprises are over. The core remains the same as under the previous government, with the significant difference that Felix Bolaños assumes the judge’s portfolio and maintains the presidency and relations with the courts.

Bolaños is the de facto political vice-president of the government. He will not only guarantee the implementation of the amnesty law with all the ensuing consequences, but will also lead a revolution in the judicial system. One of his first tasks will be to end the conservative resistance in the CGPJ. Thus, another institutional confrontation opens up between the executive and judicial branches of government, in which the legislative branch will be merely the transmission belt of what the government dictates.

Bolaños is a rising star, there is no doubt about it. But he was already a trusted confidante of Sanchez, who had delegated to him the delicate task of securing the support of independent supporters.

TO Yolanda Diaz He is awarded the Vice President’s Consolation Award, his fourth in a row. But he does not gain power. This is a tin medal for the head of Sumar, whose group will include five ministries with little political weight. It doesn’t even preserve equality, which goes to the PSOE minister (Ana Redondo).

But let’s look at the faces. Calvino (economy), Hunter (Tax authorities), River bank (Ecological transition), Albarez (Exteriors), Marlaska (Inside), Oak trees (Defending himself) Diaz (Work).. Not a single major department changed hands. Inclusion Oscar Puente Transport is an anecdote, a reward for services rendered and for his outrageous intervention as a Socialist Group spokesman in the debate over a failed investment Nunez Feijoo.

Nothing like what happened during the July 2021 crisis when the Foreign Secretary (Gonzalez Laya), Minister of Development and number three of the PSOE (Jose Luis Abalos), and until then almighty Ivan Redondo. What a change it was!

What’s happening now shows that Sanchez doesn’t want any trouble. He could have used the new legislature to include someone famous, associations that could give the idea a new impetus, but no. It couldn’t be more conservative.

The retention of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in his post is amazing, since during his mandate he aroused the rejection of all state security agencies and forces. His mistake with Diego Perez de los Cobos It was amazing. Nothing less than the Supreme Court overturning one of his most egregious caciques. This is also not well received by the leftist parties of the PSOE, who hold Marlaska responsible for the incidents at the Melilla fence in June 2022, which left at least 37 people dead. The case of surveillance of the government president using the Pegasus system (which affected both him and the Minister of Defense) will have something to do with the fact that, despite everything, he continues to occupy his position as if nothing had happened. Secrets are always a good shield. Not to mention Minister Albarez, the initiator of rapprochement with Morocco and changes in policy towards the Sahara. There are things that cannot be understood without thinking badly.

Sánchez did not introduce any significant innovations into his government. This continuity is drawing attention as it has been said that there will be “important changes”. It looks like the president made do with what he had. At least you already know them.

As for continuity, the economic field. The only possibility is that in a few months Calviño could become EIB President, in which case it seems logical to assume that Escrivá will take over his powers, since he has now agreed to give up his macro-ministry and take over a portfolio that, Until now For now he was a simple secretary of state.

Sanchez does the same. Probably because he trusts them and hopes to gain their active support in what will be a very difficult legislature. But he expresses the idea of ​​a lack of equipment or that he had been unable to persuade any important persons to accompany him on this journey, which would be marked by his concessions to independent figures.

Something must have gone wrong. A few weeks ago, it was taken for granted, Moncloa said, that important changes would occur. It was even assumed that there would be a reduction in portfolios in the executive nine. Neither one nor the other.

In the 70s there was a group Same, which had some success. In one of their songs, they proposed creating a bridge between Valencia and Mallorca, so that you could get from the peninsula to the island on foot, by bike or by hitchhiking. Surely the more mature ones remember (of course) Juanma Ortega, Yeah). Now Sánchez did the same, but included Puente, whom he appointed as transport minister. Don’t tell me it’s inconsistent.