The character with a forceful and solid profile

That is needed is not found . For this reason, the idea of ​​​​recovering joaquín almunia "By whatever means" is being discussed among these sectors of the psoe, including the socialist parliamentary group, so that he can assume the portfolio of economy and finance, with the rank of economic vice-presidency and full powers. The argument they explain is: “if rubalcaba, with his new role in the government, is giving a feeling of serenity and experience , and we have improved somewhat with him as co-president, the operation should be repeated with the appointment of almunia, who could play the same role, another viceroy with the same weight, but in the economic area.” these sectors point out that “there is no color between the personality and credibility of salgado and that of almunia, neither in trajectory nor in specific weight: they are like night and day.” a rubalcaba-almunia bicephaly does not seem so far-fetched, and even more so now that zapatero has retreated into the background and is ruminating about his political future.



If the president has already assumed the cost of taking a step back, with the incorporation of rubalcaba, it is not so crazy to now place a second containment barrier . Rubalcaba is not useful for the economy one fact they handle, thinking about Special Database the markets, businessmen, and the business community, is that rubalcaba would not serve for this attempt to straighten the economic course of the country. “rubalcaba does not convey economic credibility, because it does not have it. He has no experience or economic resume . "We need a heavyweight, not a featherweight, like mrs. Salgado," is heard in the areas to which ecd has had access . There are some drawbacks to such an operation, among other things because zapatero has already made the rubalcaba bet, with a remodeling of the government tailored to the new vice president, and not enough time has passed to repeat the move in the economic area. Elena salgado is a protégé of rubalcaba , whom he saved in the october government crisis, and he himself must rectify the suitability of keeping her or not.







The barons are behind the idea of ​​replacing the vice president and appointing someone with a lot of specific weight is being handled by some of the barons of the psoe , who in recent months have made their voices heard publicly, to the point of causing the latest change. Of government. Given its influence, the project will end up reaching la moncloa. The most serious difficulty is that almunia has said no to that possibility repeatedly. He alleges two reasons. First, he recently took over the competition commissioner's office , where he accumulates enormous power in the european government, and therefore he is not going to leave it at the first opportunity. Second argument: returning to spain in the current political and economic circumstances is a real 'brown' , politically and personally. Those who know almunia say that, for him to accept, “they would have to subject him to a very tough third degree .” for example, that felipe gonzález asks him directly , or that he is a clamor in the psoe . Or put him, through pressure, in a situation so unbearable that he has no choice but to say yes. Today the circumstances do not exist.