Solana, Piqué and Margallo, former foreign ministers, welcome the appointment of Arancha González Laya

"It's a great appointment!" Solana wrote. Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1992 and 1995, the socialist veteran has emphasized that she is "intelligently passionate about Europe" and has experience in organizations such as the UN and the World Trade Organization (WTO), among other destinations.

For José Manuel García-Margallo, today MEP of the PP, Gonzalez has "two important assets": "he knows the multilateral organizations and can give the Ministry the economic orientation that is appropriate."

"He has me at his disposal to defend the interests of Spain," he wrote on Twitter. Later, he said that when he was appointed minister (he was Mariano Rajoy between 2011 and 2016) the first thing he did was to summon all his predecessors and that they all helped him. He, he added, will do the same, help, "for Spain."