Feijóo is already launching his presidential campaign and hopes to govern alone.

Urbi et orbi. To the city, that is, to those closest to him, to his own people, and to the world, to the rest of the Spanish people. If on Saturday, as the candidate for the presidency of the People's Party (PP), Alberto Núñez Feijóo took the stage in his shirtsleeves and set the goal of obtaining ten million votes by applying his "manual of decency," yesterday, on the closing day of the People's Party (PP) conclave, he donned the presidential mantle and, wearing a jacket and without a tie, presented his roadmap to reach the Moncloa Palace.

The blue backdrop of the previous day gave way to the flags of Spain and Europe, and the event ended with the entire audience standing while the national anthem played. The message was clear: Feijóo aspires to become the next Prime Minister, and to do so, with the support of over 99% of his party, he will embark on a race in which he not only aims to reach the finish line first, but also to do so with enough of a lead to ensure no one else takes the podium.

“Either Sánchez or me” is the dilemma that Feijóo poses to establish himself as the only real alternative to “Sanchismo”

The Popular Party leader wants to govern alone, but that doesn't mean he's setting red lines or "arbitrary barriers" for the far right, which he's close to in some of his positions, especially in the fight against illegal immigration, an ideological framework largely shared with Vox, perhaps out of pure pragmatism and, of course, without heeding their "hate speech."

With the iron armor of the profiles he has reinforced in his core, with Miguel Tellado as the all-powerful general secretary and Ester Muñoz as the new spokesperson in Congress, the potential loss of voters to Santiago Abascal's party is believed to be blocked.

The bloodbath of the far right had already been halted in the last elections, when Santiago Abascal's party lost 19 seats, and the field now opening up for the PP is the center: hence, in the presence of José María Aznar, a champion of radicalism who in his fiery speech went so far as to point Pedro Sánchez toward prison for his bad company, Feijóo brought up the reformist project with which the then PP leader came to power in 1996.

Feijóo harks back to that precedent, and above all to the absolute majorities that followed, first under Aznar and then, after the governments of Socialist José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, under Mariano Rajoy, to showcase his program of institutional regeneration, with which he seeks to narrow the gap between extremes and ensure that minorities don't get the upper hand. "It's better to be clear, outside the law and the Constitution, nothing at all," he declared, leaving only Bildu out of any negotiations until it apologizes to the victims of ETA's crimes.

The Popular Party leader does not rule out a pact with Vox and is moving closer to its ideas on illegal immigration.

But he didn't just address the nationalist minorities, with whom the PP's political committee, following attempts by Catalan PP leader Alejandro Fernández to block them if they subvert the constitutional spirit, is showing itself to be conciliatory for the sake of governability, but also to the various parties that have fragmented Congress and, with a few seats, seek to impose their agenda. What Feijóo wants is to present himself as the champion of a kind of broad front for national consensus.

“Either Sánchez or me” is the dilemma with which he established himself as the only real alternative to what the opposition as a whole has come to call sanchismo, and that is the dilemma he wants the polls to resolve in his favor when the Prime Minister finally throws in the towel: “This is the founding act of a new era,” he triumphantly declared before a completely devoted audience that is already counting down the days until he returns to power.

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With the machinery well-oiled and the ranks in perfect working order, all that remains is to know when this troubled term will end. The PP is banking on a short career that could end this year, hence the strength Feijóo has sought to demonstrate: "The presidency of the government demands greatness, and I will have it," he promised, in contrast to Sánchez, who, "on the contrary," has done nothing but "shatter all consensus."

Feijóo seeks to ensure that nationalist and other minorities do not try to impose their programs.

In a further display of his Cartesianism, which stood out even more after a speech as unstructured as Ayuso's, the Popular Party leader, trained in the Church's school tradition, outlined a decalogue of measures he will implement in the first 100 days of his long-awaited government, with the aforementioned democratic regeneration in the frontispiece.

This will be followed by, among other proposals, a housing plan, tax cuts, improvements to the healthcare system, a national water pact, strengthening security and defense, and a language law.

Ayuso: “The game is yours”

Despite the expectations she aroused as host of the conclave, Isabel Díaz Ayuso yesterday opted for a speech of closing ranks around the re-elected PP leader, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, to whom she offered her full support to "tear down the wall of Sanchismo." She did so without internal involvement or amendments to the party's official course, although she did include some indirect rebukes. Specifically, through her usual harshness against Catalan nationalism, she threatened to once again hinder Génova's efforts to open a path of dialogue with Junts like the one initiated last week by Miguel Tellado. "The PP must be prepared because the coup will return in Catalonia," warned the Madrid native. Far from initiating an internal ideological battle, as was feared a few weeks ago within the PP, she chose to hold back and rally behind the scenes. Although just a month ago she was agitating for the need to open the debate on abortion, euthanasia, and surrogacy, and calling for a primary system based on "one member, one vote," both she and her team, led by Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, accepted that "this is not the time" to engage in such a struggle. "The party is yours, we will be by your side at all times. Madrid is your home," Ayuso backed the PP leader.