Don't complain that conservatives don't succeed in Spain if you put obstacles in their way

When I read an article in certain media, I sometimes have a hard time telling whether it is serious or a refined joke.

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Cacho uses Milei and Meloni as examples from Voz Pópuli

Yesterday, under the title "Spain as an exception", Jesús Cacho, founder of the digital newspaper Voz Pópuli, lamented in these terms: "The conservative right is rising from its ashes while the remains of socialism are in retreat. Everywhere, except in Spain, which has become the great anomaly of Europe, a country stranded in the middle of nowhere, with a social communist government that is supported by pure and medieval blackmail by the enemies of the nation of free and equal citizens."

When talking about this conservative revival, Cacho gives Milei and Meloni as examples, among others. Cacho says of the Argentine president that he is capable of "speaking to Argentines as if they were adults, an "outsider" who doesn't sell stories, who tells the truth." He adds: "Milei's first year in the Casa Rosada carries the aroma of success". And in case there is any doubt that Cacho likes Milei, he says this about him: "Milei's success would mean the reaffirmation of economic orthodoxy, the rebirth of the battered liberal democracy and its triumph over infected socialism."

Voz Pópuli disqualified Milei and Meloni with the same adjectives as the left

I find it moving to read these things written by the founder of Voz Pópuli in his digital newspaper. The problem is that something doesn't fit. Let's look at an example: in November 2023, Voz Pópuli referred to Milei as "ultraliberal", using the same adjective that the left uses to disqualify Milei's approaches that Cacho now applauds.

As for Meloni, in September 2022, Voz Pópuli described her as "ultra-right", using the same word that the left uses to demonize all of us who do not follow their ideological dogmas. In November 2023, Voz Pópuli continued to refer to Meloni in this way. More recently, in September 2024, Voz Pópuli referred to Meloni's party as "ultra-rightist", when talking about Raffaele Fitto, a member of Fratelli d'Italia.

The disqualifications that Voz Pópuli used against Vox

This way of disqualifying the right that does not submit to the progressive consensus is not new in that environment. In 2016, Voz Pópuli already described Vox in the same way, stating that there was no place for that party in Spain and openly lying about its principles, stating, for example, that it says "no to the EU", something that Vox has never said.

In March 2019, Voz Pópuli insisted on calling Vox a "far-right party", after the party led by Santiago Abascal announced that it would run in the European elections that year. In July 2023, Voz Pópuli insisted on calling Vox "far-right", putting Meloni in the same bag.

Surprised by the effects of their tripping

Now that the polls show an increase in seats for Vox, I think we will see more "conversions" like this, a metamorphosis in which those who previously used left-wing adjectives to demonize conservatives now lament that they do not succeed in Spain, something that - I repeat - I do not know if it is serious or if it is a refined joke.

In any case, I ask one thing of present and future converts: don't complain that conservatives are not winning in Spain if you trip them up, if you refer to them with the same words that the left uses to demonize them and if you contribute, in this way, to anyone who contradicts the socialists being pointed out as if they were a fascist. Some of us have a very good memory to remember how certain media have treated conservatives in Spain, including media that now come to wonder about the result of the trip.

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Photo: Vox Congreso. Santiago Abascal and the other Vox deputies leaving the first day of the investiture session on November 15, 2023.