In the midst of controversy over the Nietos Law, the Argentine songs at the gates of the final

That a soccer team qualifies to play the final of a World Cup is cause for celebration. Of wild joy, even. Spain and Argentina know it well, the two countries that will compete this Sunday the fifa cup at MetLife Stadium. On both sides of the Atlantic there are debates about the quality of one or another squad and what the party will be like is planned depending on whether the star of 2026 ends up in the La Roja or La Roja shirt. albiceleste.

However, ironies of the king of sport, that goodrollism It has been marred by a succession of songs launched at the least appropriate place and time.

What has happened? If you live in Madrid or Malaga perhaps you have seen it in person; If not, it is likely that has reached you through Choirs, jumps, flags. The expected.

So far nothing controversial. The problem is what could be heard during those celebrations. With the 1-2 score against England still fresh, some Argentines chanted songs like “Spain is afraid” or “Spanish is the one who doesn’t bounce!”

It did not happen in all cities, but the fact that proclamations like this were sung in such emblematic places as the Plaza Mayor in Madrid or Larios Street in Malaga did not go unnoticed on the networks… Nor did it go unnoticed by newspapers such as OK Diary either Digital Freedomwho dedicated chronicles to him. “They have little shame,” the latter concluded in one piece halfway between the news and the editorial.

“So that?” Proof of how far the matter has escalated is that Wednesday’s chants have not only generated reactions from Spanish fans or media. It has also been done by some Argentines who do not feel comfortable with the reaction of their compatriots and have wanted to distance themselves.

The clearest example is that of Eduardo Patituccian Argentine sports journalist who has uploaded a video calling for harmony and responsibility. “He who does not jump is Spanish. For what? The Spanish is the one who gives you work, the one who opened the doors for you…”, warns Patitucci, for whom “it is one thing to sing against England or other countries” and another against the one “that feeds you.”

What did he say? “It is the country to which you came to seek to evolve, because I do not believe that any Argentine has been forced to leave Argentina. We only come here to earn a living, to have a better future, to seek to grow… It seems to me that ‘The Spaniard is afraid’ yes, that’s it for the picaresque; but the thing about ‘He who does not leave is Spanish’ or directly saying shit in the Plaza Mayor and other parts of Spain does not seem correct to me at all,” the journalist continues Argentinean.

“Then we complain about other nationalities when they go out and commit atrocities. Let’s not be like the rest. To the Spanish, respect and affection.”

Is it just the chants? No. It’s also the context. Perhaps at another time the controversy would have been less, but the reality is that now it has arisen against a very specific backdrop: with the foreign population in historical levels and immigration policy converted into a topic of ideological dispute.

First for the “national priority”a concept that VOX has championed when it has had to sit down to negotiate with the PP; second, with the “Grandchildren Law” and the crossing of accusations that has unleashed between PP and PSOE.

Does that matter? It is certainly a factor to take into account. Especially because this last topic has greatly marked the political chronicle of recent weeks and its main protagonist is Latin American migration.

Let us remember: the “Grandchildren Law”, which is actually an additional provision of the Democratic Memory Law of 2022, is a way that allows Spanish nationality to be recognized for the descendants of those people who had to leave our country during the Civil War or the Franco dictatorship for political, ideological, religious or sexual orientation reasons.

For the Government it is a matter of “reparation and justice” historical. For the PP it is pure “electoral engineering” in the run-up to the general elections.

What does it have to do with Argentina? A lot. Argentina is one of the countries that has shown the most interest in the door opened by the “Grandchildren Law.” Although its administrative process has not yet been completed, it is estimated that almost a million of Argentines has requested nationality under this regulatory framework. Not bad if we take into account that Foreign Affairs estimates that they have started the procedures 2.4 million of descendants of Spaniards throughout the world.

That data, added to that of the tens of thousands of immigrants of Argentine nationality who already reside in Spain, according to the INE, adds more controversy to Wednesday’s songs. The unknown now is what will happen on Sunday depending on whether the coveted FIFA Cup is won by Spain or Argentina.

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