Margarita Robles, Spain's Minister of Defense, received media attention after a session in the Congress of Deputies. The image captured showed the minister timidly applauding the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, after his first speech.
Robles was sitting on the blue bench, alongside the rest of the Council of Ministers. All the ministers present, including those from the Sumar party, stood up when Sánchez finished his speech and joined the applause from the socialist bench.
The difference between the energetic applause of the other members of the executive and Robles's more hesitant performance became a topic of comment on social media and in the press, generating various interpretations about the meaning of her gesture.
Sessions in Congress frequently provide images that generate public debate, and in this case it was the attitude of the Minister of Defense that sparked interest and speculation about her possible political intentions.
