According to the Spanish media, the People’s Party (PP) wins the legislative elections this Sunday, after 98% of the ballots counted. The Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) led by Pedro Sanchez comes second and is neck and neck with the conservatives led by Alberto Nunez Feijoo. The far-right Vox party comes third in this election. No clear majority emerges for the moment.
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With our special correspondent in Madrid, Romain Lemaresquier
I’Spain expected a wave of blue, the color of the conservatives. Finally, this evening, neither side can be satisfied with its result. In the conservative camp, we were sure to obtain a higher score and to be able in the worst case, to form a coalition with Vox, the far-right party. It is therefore a bitter victory for the People’s Party (PP) which sees the possibility of governing slipping away, knowing that Vox was sanctioned by Spanish voters. The far-right formation loses nearly 20 seats.
The conservative candidate, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, however, claims his victory. ” As the candidate of the party with the most votes, I believe it is my duty “to try to” form a government “, he declared in front of the headquarters of the Popular Party.
The separatists, kingmakers
In the camp of the socialist party, the result is slightly better than that which was announced. But far from what was hoped for, in particular by the president of the government pedro sanchez. The PSOE will certainly try to form a broad coalition with Sumar, the far left party, and with the Catalan, Basque and Canary Islands political parties. By combining the scores of all these formations, they could reach the 176 seats necessary to obtain an absolute majority.
Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez welcomed the result and said the Spanish right and far right had been ” beaten during the legislative elections. ” The People’s Party and Vox retrograde bloc defeated “, he launched in front of enthusiastic socialist activists gathered in front of the headquarters of the PSOE in the center of Madrid. ” There are many more of us who want Spain to continue to advance. »
It was therefore more relief than joy for the militants of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party when the results were displayed on the giant screen at the party’s headquarters. For Pablo, these elections were a gamble: “ I believe that Pedro Sanchez saved his life and that we will continue to have a progressive leftist government with Sumar and perhaps one more political force “.
” It’s much better than I expected, but we are facing a complicated scenario because there will be a mix of parties, and we don’t know where this will lead us. recognizes Juan, calculator in hand. Carmen, a 75-year-old activist, also acknowledges that this new legislature is going to be tough: “ it’s going to be complicated and I’m not sure that with these results, we’ll be able to last four years “.
The Socialist Party is doing well, but the fact remains that we will have to face a complicated situation to govern in coalition.
Pablo Gutierrez, PSOE activist
But the discussions are likely to be complicated, knowing that the regionalist parties have a habit of raising the stakes in this type of negotiation. It is therefore a very wobbly situation in which Spain finds itself this evening and it is not impossible that new elections will soon be organized in order to achieve a majority. What no block was able to do tonight. Catalan parties have already warned that their support for the Socialists will not be free.