Felipe González: "Since 1984, I am asked in Argentina how we made the pact of Moncloa"

"Since 1984, I have been asked in Argentina how was the Moncloa pact", said Felipe Gonzalez giving samples of his histrionic talent that combines with a patience proof of frustrations. And before the signatures that sealed this historic agreement that gave birth to the Spanish democracy, including his own, as well as those of Adolfo Suárez (Franco's career) and Santiago Carrillo (communist leader exiled during 40 years). , sentenced: "The main thing was to avoid badyzing who was responsible for what had happened and look to the future. ".

In the third cycle of the conference "Democracy and Development", the former Spanish Prime Minister also acknowledged that "the room for maneuver has narrowed since the moment of the signing of the pact, as well as immediate political shift from the Arab Spring to the autumn or the Arab winter in a respite "but"we need to find two or three points of consensus that provide a framework for dealing with the future ".

Interview with Ricardo Kirchsbaum, general editor of ClarinFelipe González has gone through his own experience at the head of the government, his deep knowledge of the great transformations the world knows, his curious gift of "Chinese vase" in which he became Spain and a political role that does not leave. not because "which violates democracy, violates liberties, has my militant opposition, I do not badyze reality".

And from his various hats, he talked about Donald Trump (the specialist "tweeting politics"), China ("the world's tectonic movement"), Venezuela ("it's obvious that Maduro is an illegitimate president and that the legitimacy has guaidó "), of Nicaragua (" we help Ortega out of the dictatorship of Somoza, now we help the young Nicaraguans to get out of the dictatorship of Ortega "), and to the failure of political construction around "the moments we aspire to because the time machine does not exist ".

About Cuba, he said that supporting Venezuela was much more than a matter of survival, because "Maduro, fallen, is afraid to be in the US line of sight". And before the journalist's question, who wanted to know why the left supports the Venezuelan Chavez, wanted to be surprised. "Are you telling me I'm not from the left?" And he repeated that "lTyrants are neither left nor right, they are simply tyrants. If someone does not see it, put on glbades because that is very obvious. And as an excuse, I say, it's very worn"

But the underlying theme was Argentina. It first defined the three strategic areas in which our country enjoys competitive advantages, namely food production, energy production and the knowledge economy. He then lamented that it is said that "Argentina has no solution". On the contrary, he badured that "10 years of good government can change your historical destiny" and, demonstrating that they were familiar with the national course, said that "Argentina is a relatively descending scale".

And he accepted that "All of us who govern do it by criticizing the inheritance received, it is like that, there is no reason to be surprised that it is so"but you must "not look for the culprits, but you agree on a diagnosis", reminding you that the pact that he signed for the PSOE in 1977 was "a pact of rents to fight against inflation and reduce prices". Basically, this meant that workers agreed not to raise their wages based on past inflation and employers so as not to raise prices.

González recalled that years later, Suarez and him whenever a businessman congratulated them for the consensus obtained, they asked: "How long will it take for this support to be effective By investing in Spain? ", What began to happen in a consistent way It was not until 1985 that it was found that there was a political coherence in the country on what had been agreed.

The Malba Hall was crowded early to listen to the veteran Socialist leader and a screen was to be placed in the museum lobby. Among the large number of guests, one could see entrepreneurs as Miguel Ángel Acevedo, head of the UIA, Jaime Campos, director of the AEA, Luis Betnaza, from Techint, Marcos Bulgheroni, from Panamerican Energy, Marcelo Midlin, from Pampa Energía, Daniel Pelegrina, of the Argentine rural society, Gabriel Martino, from HSBC.

Also a lot of politicians, like the senator Miguel Ángel Pichetto, the governor of santafesino Miguel Lifschitz, MPs Diego Bossio and Eduardo Amadeo, the Peronist leaders Julio Bárbaro and Carlos Campolongo, the ministers of Buenos Aires Franco Moccia and Eduardo Machiavelli. And economists and political consultants like Gustavo Maragoni, Martin Redrado, Carlos Melconian and Marcelo Elizondo, among others.