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The appointment of Miguel Arias Cañete as the PP candidate for the European elections will cause a forced change in the Government, in the Ministry of Agriculture, but everything indicates that he will not be the only one. Ana Mato's departure to Brussels is taken for granted in Moncloa, and Mariano Rajoy seeks to relocate Ana Pastor, "somewhat tired" in Fomento. As sources with a presence in Moncloa explain to El Confidencial Digital , Mariano Rajoy continues with the idea of carrying out a mini-crisis of the Government , taking advantage of the departure of Miguel Arias Cañete to Brussels. The president, who had delayed the appointment of the PP candidate to the European elections to prepare adjustments in his cabinet , considers that Ana Mato has already been amortized in Health. The information published a year ago about the gifts that the Gürtel plot supposedly gave to the minister and her then husband, Jesús Sepúlveda , put the president on notice. Already then, there was talk from Brussels that Rajoy was looking for a dignified exit, taking advantage of the European elections. The minister herself, in a group formed in Congress last Tuesday, and in which the socialists Elena Valenciano and Eduardo Madina were present, confessed that her departure to Brussels was “very possible . ” However, she pointed out that “Rajoy has not yet confirmed anything to me.
Ana Pastor, “somewhat tired” in Fomento With the vacancies left by Miguel Arias Cañete and Ana Mato in Agriculture and Health respectively, Ana Pastor is emerging as a favorite to occupy one of these two portfolios , or another if there are more movements As ECD Phone Number List has learned, Pastor has expressed privately that she is “somewhat tired” in Fomento , and that she would like a change of scenery. In just two years, he has had to manage - with some success - such delicate matters as the Alvia accident in Santiago or the AENA privatization project, without forgetting the problems in Iberia, with the controllers... Rajoy is aware of this. and “he seems willing to offer him another ministry,” according to the sources consulted. Pastor, one of the ministers closest to the president, was already in charge of Health in the second Government of José María Aznar, from 2002 to 2004. With a degree in Medicine and Surgery, the portfolio that Mato now holds “would be the most appropriate for her.” ” . If Pastor's departure to Development is confirmed, the vacancy left by Cañete in Agriculture could also lead to changes in regional governments. The presidents of Castilla y León and La Rioja, Juan Vicente Herrera and Pedro Sanz respectively, are two of the candidates to compete for that portfolio. Javier Arenas hopes to be minister With these movements in the Government, Javier Arenas aspires to be a minister again, and Mariano Rajoy also has that desire.
His career during the Aznar era , in which he held up to three portfolios (Presidency, Labor, and Public Administrations) supports him, and Mariano Rajoy has always thought of him as a possible member of his Executive. . The vacancy that Ana Pastor would leave in Fomento would be, for many of her party colleagues, the best destination for Arenas. In this way, the president would also be able to internally pacify the PP leadership, which is in tension after the appointment of Juan Manuel Moreno as leader of the party in Andalusia. Cospedal had felt defeated, and Arenas' departure would reinforce his hegemony in Genoa . However, some sources suggest that, at least now, Arenas will have to wait: "The Gürtel investigation could send him back to court and it is not something that Rajoy can afford now." Fátima Báñez has been confirmed There are several ministers who have received confirmation from the President of the Government that he continues to count on them, in principle until the end of the legislature. One of those who finds herself in this situation is Fátima Báñez. Her name was used to preside over the PP of Andalusia, but people close to the head of Employment assure that Mariano Rajoy has confirmed that she will continue in the ministry until the end of her term. The president is sure that, in the next two years, jobs will be generated in Spain and he wants Báñez to receive all the praise for this achievement. The labor reform, which raised so many suspicions at the time, “will obtain the expected results and Fátima will be in charge of communicating the employment recovery data,” say government sources.