Sunday Commentary: Spain is an example of why the EU is the best solution for Montenegro

The Spanish justice system, with a series of investigations and convictions for corruption, influence peddling and abuse of power, paved the way for the overthrow of the government in Madrid in 2018, and the rise to power of the Socialist Pedro Sánchez. In the past few months, Spanish prosecutors and judges have put the Sánchez government to a severe test, as members of Prime Minister Sánchez's immediate family and close associates in the party have been imprisoned or under investigation.

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Željko Pantelić, Photo: TV Vijesti
Željko Pantelić, Photo: TV Vijesti
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Spain is proof that in just a few decades, a hardened and notorious dictatorship, such as Franco's, can be transformed into a functional rule of law state in which prosecutors and judges investigate corruption and abuse of power instead of being a bludgeon in the hands of rulers, as they are in all countries outside the political West.

In other words, Spain is a very indicative example for Montenegro, but also other Western Balkan countries, that EU membership does not eliminate corruption, abuse of power and influence peddling in itself, but opens doors and provides instruments for constructing a rule of law. Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez is recording successes in foreign policy while making wrong moves domestically and behaving much more like Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu than might be suspected at first glance. In the new Sunday Commentary, we answer the following questions:

  • Why is the Spanish government wavering?
  • How much do the Zapatero case and ties with China and Venezuela threaten the Sanchez government?
  • Does the Spanish judicial system treat all political actors on the Iberian Peninsula equally?
  • Why does Sanchez have a chance to survive in power despite the scandals?
  • Is Sanchez using foreign policy and campaigning against the justice system like his rivals on the international stage, Trump and Netanyahu?
  • How much do identity issues influence politics in Spain?
  • Why is a grand coalition not possible in Madrid, as is regularly formed in Berlin?

Answers on Sunday at 6:15 PM and 10:30 PM on Television Vijesti.

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