Polarization. Old and new aspects. For and against the continuity of the system. That is what the large communication houses in Spain have created and they have fed and inflated it during the campaign. Imagining the enemy has not been difficult for one and another. The message was clear: the upcoming elections will really influence your day to day, it is a historic moment and you cannot stay at home. In addition, with this new range of aspects it has, you will find what can be of its size.

The Basques have also fallen into the networks of that polarisation. We may have been the party that has been best able to capitalize on the will for change and has won the votes, especially in uncomfortable territories of the state. To do so, it has had to prove that the anemometer is fine. The wind blows, here's the message.

In the early stages of the Purple Party, the question of the nations of the State was a matter to be avoided. The right to decide has been exercised from the very beginning, but trying to dissociate itself from the territorial problem and under the pretext of "everything" being decided. This was clearly seen in the Catalan election campaign. While the people were preparing for the odor plebiscite soup, Pablo Iglesias insisted that the priority was another. They were convinced that a cold wind, of extreme social need, could cushion the blow of independence. The blow received in the results showed them that no, one does not remove the other.

Since then, Podemos has fully adapted its discourse. He has taken a stand in favour of the binding referendum. They had no choice but to make alliances with other forces and the number of seats that Catalonia has in the Spanish Congress is not a half-night cough. Even after the Spanish elections, it has put the issue as a "red line", in a comfortable position to wear down the socialist party.

In any case, with the majority of pp in the Senate, the proclamation of a referendum amounts to a sort of comb of the wind. You know that the referendum on bilateral approval today is impracticable. It complies with Article 92 of the Constitution that directs it, but in the photo only appears Article 2 pleonastic that speaks of the indissoluble unity of Spain.

As for a possible consultation in the territories of Hego Euskal Herria, not a single word has been spoken, at least the leaders of Madrid. And here there has been neither Colau nor the tide, here the elections have won them from Madrid. The referendum is presented as a tool to solve the “problem” of Catalonia, but at this moment Euskal Herria is not a “problem”. From the perspective of the right to decide, quite optimistic readings have been made about the results of Podemos in Navarra and in the CAV. I am convinced that if there is no strong independence movement it will be difficult to make significant progress.

In this respect, the poor results obtained by the EH Bildu coalition must be taken into account. The Abertzale left will have to follow closely the evolution of Podemos in the second round. On the one hand, as has happened in Navarre, new opportunities can be created to build coalitions for social justice and social transformation. On the other hand, despite being a short-term and short-term tactical ally, the leftist independence movement will always rival the strategic goal.

Spain has found a more polite and persuasive face, a more democratic branch that defends unionism. The question is how much it can exhaust that desire for independence on the pretext that the priorities are other. In Spain there will always be things to fix, there will always be something that is important in the short term. We may not change Spain, but Catalonia and the Basque Country do. The future of our people ... In whose hands?