{"id":66404,"date":"2026-07-26T19:03:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T17:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=66404"},"modified":"2026-07-29T19:24:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T17:24:52","slug":"the-radically-different-visits-of-the-king-and-pedro-sanchez-to-the-fire-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/07\/26\/the-radically-different-visits-of-the-king-and-pedro-sanchez-to-the-fire-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"The radically different visits of the King and Pedro S\u00e1nchez to the fire zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several provinces in Spain are currently suffering from a terrible wave of forest fires that has forced the evacuation of thousands of people.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/07\/24\/the-ume-does-not-belong-to-the-psoe-it-belongs-to-all-spaniards-and-is-at-their-service\/\">The UME does not belong to the PSOE: it belongs to all Spaniards and is at their service<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/11\/03\/the-anger-of-the-people-of-paiporta-the-courage-of-king-felipe-vi-and-the-cowardice-of-sanchez\/\">The anger of the people of Paiporta, the courage of King Felipe VI and the cowardice of S\u00e1nchez<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><strong>The figures for these fires are catastrophic<\/strong> and have already prompted other countries to send aid. Right now, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europapress.es\/sociedad\/noticia-mas-110000-personas-evacuadas-confinadas-81000-hectareas-quemadas-incendios-madrid-avila-castellon-20260726155135.html\" target=\"_blank\">59,896 people have been evacuated and 29,867 are confined to their homes<\/a> due to the fires affecting the provinces of <strong>Madrid, \u00c1vila, and Toledo<\/strong>. A total of 95,000 people have been affected in these three provinces and another 16,000 in Castell\u00f3n. <strong>The fires have already burned an area of \u200b\u200b81,000 hectares.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The fires have already affected 110,000 people<\/strong>. We're talking about a lot of people who are experiencing these moments with great concern. This catastrophe, due to its scale, is very reminiscent of what happened in the terrible floods of 2014. <strong>In times like these, those affected need companionship and support, to have people nearby who make them feel that Spain is by their side<\/strong> and that they will have all the necessary help until their lives return to normal. In this regard, I find <a href=\"https:\/\/amp.elmundo.es\/espana\/2026\/07\/26\/6a65ecdae4d4d8fe3e8b4575.html\" target=\"_blank\">the gesture of the national football team coach, Luis de la Fuente<\/a>, admirable. This morning <strong>he went to the Marazuela sports center in Las Rozas to support the residents evacuated due to the fires in Colmenar del Arroyo<\/strong>. My applause to him.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casareal.es\/ES\/Actividades\/Paginas\/actividades_actividades_detalle.aspx?data=17055\" target=\"_blank\">Today, the affected residents also received a visit from the King and Queen of Spain.<\/a> This morning, they went to the \"La Chopera\" municipal sports center in Villamanta to <strong>accompany 200 residents evacuated due to the fires.<\/strong> The King and Queen were accompanied by the President of the Community of Madrid, Isabel D\u00edaz Ayuso, and the Third Vice President of the Government, Sara Aagesen. <strong>The residents greeted Felipe VI with shouts of \"\u00a1Viva el Rey!\" (Long live the King) and many wanted to shake his hand<\/strong>, as can be seen in this video published by the Royal Household:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sus Majestades los Reyes mantienen un encuentro con personas desplazadas por los incendios\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cE-tPRd-pdI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The visit has produced some images that would be unthinkable for our leaders.<\/strong> In them, we see the King and Queen among the people, sitting with the residents and listening to their stories. For the Head of State's security detail, something like this is always a risk, but <strong>Felipe VI assumes that risk, just as he did on<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/11\/03\/the-anger-of-the-people-of-paiporta-the-courage-of-king-felipe-vi-and-the-cowardice-of-sanchez\/\">his visit to Paiporta two years ago<\/a>, when the King stood among residents furious at the neglect they suffered after the floods in Valencia, while S\u00e1nchez fled from them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55420934519_1a2316bf9b_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55420934519_ba0f5a2b19_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55420934529_040ee127b9_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55420934529_075f6c4647_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55421155225_98301edc82_o.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55421155225_430a78a2b4_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It should be noted that the Prime Minister, <strong>Pedro S\u00e1nchez<\/strong>, has also visited the areas affected by the fires<\/strong>, but his visit was radically different from that of the King and Queen. You can see those visits here. <strong>The first video shows S\u00e1nchez's visit to Tamaj\u00f3n, Guadalajara<\/strong>, another of the provinces affected by the fires, on July 22:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Visita el Puesto de Mando Avanzado de Tamaj\u00f3n, Guadalajara | Recursos multimedia\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ttk2oVmfj7s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yesterday S\u00e1nchez visited Cenicientos, in Madrid<\/strong>, one of the towns affected by the fires in that province:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Visita al Puesto de Mando Avanzado y los incendios en Madrid | Recursos multimedia\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HRENH-hDzUE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>As you can see, in both cases S\u00e1nchez visited command posts, without meeting with the residents.<\/strong> In both videos we can see emergency services personnel, members of the Civil Guard, and soldiers from the Military Emergency Unit (UME).<\/p>\n<p><strong>We have a prime minister who is incapable of connecting with the people<\/strong> unless his party, the PSOE, has previously orchestrated a carefully orchestrated environment for him. For years now, but especially since his escape from Paiporta, <strong>the Prime Minister of Spain has shown a clear fear of connecting with the Spanish people<\/strong>, an unusual situation in a democratic country, but understandable given that the head of government <strong>has demonstrated an absolute lack of scruples when governing, systematically putting his personal interests before the general interest<\/strong> and exhibiting a clear desire to cling to power at all costs, after having lost parliamentary support. As a result, the government remains in power in 2026 by repeatedly extending the 2023 budget. <strong>The result is what we see in those videos, which paint a pitiful picture of the Prime Minister.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Photos: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casareal.es\/ES\/Actividades\/Paginas\/actividades_actividades_detalle.aspx?data=17055\" target=\"_blank\">Casa Real<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several provinces in Spain are currently suffering from a terrible wave of forest fires that has forced the evacuation of thousands of people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10398],"tags":[1959,11235,22960,27507,17812,11044,16991,7309,10471,22992,27469,732,2721,25141,11462,27506,892,11862],"class_list":["post-66404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spain","tag-castellon","tag-castile-and-leon","tag-castile-la-mancha","tag-cenicientos","tag-community-of-madrid","tag-felipe-vi-of-spain","tag-forest-fires","tag-guadalajara","tag-isabel-diaz-ayuso","tag-letizia-ortiz","tag-luis-de-la-fuente-castillo","tag-madrid","tag-pedro-sanchez-castejon","tag-sara-aagesen","tag-spain","tag-tamajon","tag-toledo","tag-valencian-community"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-11-11 22:40:08","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66404\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}