Populism and misinformation. They are the two great dangers of the current Spanish democracy according to MEP and former PP minister José Manuel García-Margallo. The consequence of these dominant features in Western societies, in the case of Spain, was bloc policies that were rejected by the PP veteran position. The current no-communication blocking policy “is a failure and a risk to a country’s governance and stability, historically it has proven to be so,” the politician said. He cites the experience of the governments of Fernando VII and Isabel II or the Second Republic.

Margallo yesterday participated in Valencia in dialogue with journalists Alfons Garcia (Levante-EMV), Isabel Domingo (Las Provincias) and Iñaki Zaragüeta at the documentary Estrategas, produced by Dircom and the Office of Cultural Agitation on the occasion of the thirty years of this entity and which was presented yesterday at city ​​by the Association of Communication Managers in C. Valenciana and the Region of Murcia (Dircom-CVM).

The former foreign minister, who stressed the importance of communication, a “key” to people’s perception of reality, recalled key episodes in communications management during his time in government, such as the hunt for King Juan Carlos I in Botswana or the rapprochement. with Cuba by the US He also reviews the government’s actions after the 11M attacks in Madrid (2004) and their consequences in the elections three days later.

As for the current moment, García-Margallo points to Pablo Iglesias as the “plan” architect of the left conjuncture. Likewise, he warned of the spread of extremism in European circles, with France dominated by Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Great Britain mourning its rulers’ unexpected Brexit, and Italy led by neo-fascists. Giorgia Meloni.