Editorial: El País

• The Popular Party government used the apparatuses of the State, mainly the police, to combat political enemies and to block judicial investigations into corruption affecting its members.
• This illegal and immoral conduct was the response to the Catalan secessionist project begun in 2012.
• Mariano Rajoy's government lacked initiatives to counteract the independence movement, leaving the resolution in the hands of the judiciary.
• Rajoy and the Popular Party suffered a defeat on the international scene, where the independence movement exceeded Spanish diplomacy in all areas.
• The PP Government and the secessionist parties acted according to their short-term interests at the cost of democratic regression.
• Both sides have avoided giving explanations about their decisions and omissions, and have used illegal means to achieve their political objectives.

Conclusion: The lack of dialogue, the delegation of the solution to the judges, and the use of illegal and unconstitutional methods have worsened the political crisis in Spain.

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