The protocols were taken care of, the cordiality was evident, but the first brushstrokes of a delicate event added grains of salt to the meeting; hot news, which had been recorded hours before, fueled the feeling that the new times in the CCE would be accompanied by an unfortunate, worrying context that requires clarity in positions.
The Government of the Republic called the deputies of the European Parliament “sheep”. Through a letter, written by Andrés Manuel López Obrador and some of his collaborators, he accused them of joining the “reactionary and coup strategy of the corrupt group that opposes the Fourth Transformation.”
This unprecedented fact, evidently, was the subject of the first meeting of Francisco Cervantes as President of the CCE. Although this one concentrated, mainly, on the change of powers, at some point some expressions of astonishment and concern slipped by the fiery letter. In the end, no decision was made on this, but some position will have to be taken in the face of a bomb that has just exploded.
Francisco Cervantes, say those who know him, has a political office, charisma, good relations, considers it important to take into account the bases, knows how to include and generate consensus. But the position taken by businessmen on an issue of this caliber, and on other hot potatoes during these first months, will be defining for the CCE.
In the big picture are the electrical reform, the defense of the institutions, respect for the law, but today a clear position is required on the part of the businessmen in the face of disagreement with the European Parliament; there is no room for mediocrity, the private sector must separate and distance itself from the position taken by the Mexican government.
At this time, business representations would have to work on the map of impacts that the presidential declaration will have on the Free Trade Agreement between Mexico and the European Union; how to counteract the signals sent to business partners and companies with which old relationships are maintained. Will the slap come on the table?
The signs have been consistently bad. In February, the President of the Republic disqualified the comments made by the Secretary of State of the United States government, Antony Blinken, who had expressed concern about the murder of journalists in Mexico. “He is misinformed, because otherwise he would be acting in bad faith,” he said.