Overview
- The Fundación Felipe González hosted a public homage at the Ateneo de Madrid on October 21 that brought together figures from different eras of PSOE and the PP.
- Felipe González, former Constitutional Court president María Emilia Casas, and PP veteran Carlos Aragonés praised Serrano’s public‑service ethos, with Justice Minister Félix Bolaños and Congress president Francina Armengol in attendance.
- José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero did not attend but sent a message read by Elena Valenciano highlighting Serrano’s authority in coordinating government and his command of legal frameworks.
- Serrano, who died on June 10 at 75, served as chief of staff to González and Zapatero, was lauded as a “patriota constitucional,” and was known for scrutinizing the BOE and stressing the quality of laws.
- The event produced a short‑lived easing of partisan frictions and renewed attention to his unfinished push to organize former presidents’ archives, with no policy changes announced.