El Spokesperson for the Popular Group in the Parliament of Andalusia, Tony Martin, has interpreted today the results on voting intention of the Barometer of the Andalusian Studies Center Foundation (Centra) known this Wednesday and has indicated that they constitute "a A very clear message from the Andalusian people, with a very large majority supporting the common sense, the moderation, and the capacity for dialogue that Juanma Moreno and his Government represent.”, while stressing that they also represent “a complete amendment to María Jesús Montero, Pedro Sánchez and their policies of quarrels, radicalism and confrontation.”
In a press conference, the Popular Party parliamentary spokesperson considered that the data from the Centra Barometer "offers a picture of stability in terms of the majority governing Andalusia, but it also includes a figure that surely has the leaders of the Socialist Party more than a little alarmed, and that is that what seems impossible, which was to break the floor of the historical minimum obtained by Juan Espadas in the last regional elections, the candidate that Sánchez has sent us, as if she were the best possible PSOE candidate for Andalusia, turns out to break that floor and obtain a result even lower than that obtained by Juan Espadas."
This XNUMXth-century barometer, which "coincides with data they have in the Socialist Party," according to Martín, "It is making all the leaders of the Andalusian PSOE and also the PSOE in Spain tremble.Because This blow is not only for María Jesús Montero, but also for the policies of the Spanish Government.", stressed the Popular Party spokesperson, who also recalled that "Andalusia is very important when it comes to deciding who will govern Spain in the coming years."
The result of today's barometer is a message of support from the Andalusians to the Government of @JuanMa_Moreno.
It is also a comprehensive amendment to María Jesús Montero, Sánchez and their policies.@toni_miglesias pic.twitter.com/2f9DqdMu2Q
– PP of Andalusia (@ppandaluz) April 23, 2025
Martín points out that "the political use of healthcare is not working for the left."
In relation to the concerns of Andalusians that the survey reflects, he specifically referred to the Health, which ranks second after unemployment, and noted that there has been a decrease in the percentage of people who indicate this area as the biggest problem – from 13,6% to 10,9%. This coincides, he stressed, “with the higher level of Political use of health care by left-wing parties”, which means that “the strategy of using healthcare in a partisan manner” isn't working. Furthermore, in his opinion, “it also implicitly recognizes the efforts being made to improve Andalusian public healthcare.”
On the other hand, Toni Martín has referred to the withdrawal by the Government of Spain of the Transport discounts for Andalusian children up to 14 years old and has considered that it is “Another chapter of the "double standards" of the Sánchez Executive in relation to Andalusia"This is the way to treat Andalusia and Andalusian politicians, as opposed to the way to treat those communities, like the Basque Country or Catalonia, which are responsible for keeping this disastrous government sitting in the Moncloa palace."
This withdrawal of transport aid for Andalusian minors has constituted "a absolutely disproportionate response, which has nothing to do with anything other than that double standard, that bravado and that The constant mistreatment with which the Government of Pedro Sánchez and María Jesús Montero have given Andalusia since Andalusia stopped voting for the PSOE., in the face of the vassalage and complacency with which this same Government treats those who, in exchange for their votes, keep them sitting in the Moncloa chair."
In this regard, Martín expressed the Popular Party's support for the Andalusian Government "in its legitimate demand for this aid" and reminded, "not only Minister Puente, who ultimately is a bit of an armed wing behind Sánchez and Montero's decisions," that "behind these blows is not Juanma Moreno, but thousands of Andalusians who are astounded by the fact that the Spanish Government is turning relations between the central and regional administrations into an opportunity for Andalusia and its people to be constantly attacked." Specifically, in this week's plenary session, which begins this Wednesday, the Popular Party will include an oral question to the Andalusian Government related to this matter.
Finally, the parliamentary spokesperson noted that the People's Party (PP) Group has proposed to the other groups in the House a text for consensus on an Institutional Declaration to highlight the figure of Pope Francis following the pontiff's death, and lamented the difficulties it is encountering in achieving this.
Likewise, Toni Martín said he "doesn't quite understand Pedro Sánchez's absence from the Pope's funeral." "We can't understand it as Andalusians because 65% of Andalusians—according to the CIS (National Commission for the Promotion of Social Welfare), which establishes a similar percentage for Spaniards as a whole—declare themselves Catholic," he argued. "So, if not out of respect for the figure of the Pope, who I believe has been a very important figure these years at the head of the Church, and the decisions he has made and the changes he has implemented, perhaps out of respect for that 65% of Andalusians, I believe that the presence of the Prime Minister at Pope Francis' funeral would be mandatory."
"I don't know what Pedro Sánchez has to do that's so important that he can't attend this funeral, and I don't even want to imagine that it has to do with anything related to football or the end of football matches or anything like that," Martín added, referring to the coincidence of the Pope's funeral and the Copa del Rey final, which will be held in Seville.
