The leader of the Spanish People’s Party, Alberto Núñez Feijoo, has officially taken charge of forming a government and will now have one month to find the necessary support in the Parliament; This attempt seems likely to fail. Yesterday, following the ritual handover of the post to her by King Philip VI, Congress President socialist Francina Armengol announced that the inauguration session of the responsible prime minister will be held on September 26 and 27. Armengol said the decision to schedule a parliamentary session within a month was “agreed with the candidate”, who would have time to “negotiate with representatives of political forces”.
To become prime minister, the candidate must receive an absolute majority in the first vote in the 350-member parliament, or an absolute majority of yes rather than no in the second ballot two days after the first vote. “The appointment of Feijoo is the history of a declared failure,” said Patxi López, the Socialists’ spokesperson in Congress. Despite winning a relative majority in the July 23 early elections, Feijoo is currently unreliable in the Parliament: The politician has 172 unequivocal votes; that’s four less than the 176 votes needed to reach an absolute majority. These are his PP (137), the far right of Vox (33) and 2 of Unión del Pueblo Navarro (UPN) and Coalición Canaria (Cc).
Popolari courtes the Basque liberals of the Partido Nacionalista Vasco (Pnv) and opens up a dialogue with the Catalans of the Junts to at least gain some abstention that could allow the government to secede. But the chances of success seem slim. Winning the regional parties and keeping Vox on his side is a difficult balancing act for Feijoo, as the far-right group opposes the decentralization of the state and more autonomy to the regions. The PP itself has been at odds with separatist parties in Catalonia for years. PNV had already refused to negotiate with the popular leader due to its addiction to Vox.
Interim prime minister, socialist Pedro Sanchez, said that if Feijoo fails in his attempt, he will try to take up another post. Last week, with the support of his far-left partner Sumar and a number of smaller parties, including the PNV, Catalan separatist Esquerra Cumhuriyetçia (Erc) and Together for, he managed to garner 178 votes to elect his candidate, Armengol, as Speaker of the House. Catalonia (Junts), Carles Puigdemont. But even for Sanchez, the numbers are too small. The PSOE leader currently counts 152 votes: 121 seats for his Socialist Party and 31 MPs for Sumar, which he plans to rule in coalition. We also need agreements with Ecr (7 votes), Eh Bildu Basques (6) and Pnv (5), Galician Nationalist Bloc (Bng, 1 vote) and finally Junts x Catalunya from Puigdemont. seven deputies. It won’t be a bad success.
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