The socialist president of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, could formalize a coalition with the radical left. The legitimization that the conservatives make of the extremist group Vox provokes a strong controversy.
IN THE FIGHT. The last regional elections were a disaster for the Spanish socialists, but the head of government, Pedro Sánchez, hopes to fight in the legislative elections that he anticipated for next Sunday the 23rd.
Madrid – The conservative Popular Party (PP) is tied in voting intentions with the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) ahead of elections on July 23, but an eventual left-wing coalition would have a better chance of winning a majority in Parliament and, with that, to form a government, according to a survey published yesterday.
The poll, carried out by the state-owned Center for Sociological Research (CIS) between June 8 and 27, gives the PP 31.4% of the intention to vote against 31.2% for the PSOE. The work has a margin of error of one percentage point.
A similar poll carried out by the CIS between May 31 and June 7 placed the PP at 30.7%, just behind the PSOE, with 31.2%. The CIS estimates that the vote forecasts from the latest survey would give the PP between 122 and 140 seats in the Congress of Deputies, out of a total of 350 members, while the PSOE would get between 115 and 135. The far-right Vox party –a coalition ally already announced by the leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo– would obtain between 21 and 29 seats.
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The CIS, chaired by a socialist and questioned in the opposition for its independence, but a reference in Spain, said that a right-wing alliance formed by the PP and Vox would not reach an absolute majority if it were voted on today due to a strong setback of the extreme right, who could lose half of their current seats. The general elections called by the Prime Minister, the socialist Pedro Sánchez, after the disastrous performance of his party in the regional elections in May are emerging as a binary choice between those who oppose a government that includes Vox and those who oppose the current ruling coalition with the left-wing Podemos party.
Sumar, a new alliance that brings together Podemos and other left-wing parties, would get between 43 and 50 seats, according to the CIS, which could allow Sánchez to win another term.
The PP has led opinion polls since Sánchez called surprise early elections on May 29, but all have revealed that the party would need support
of Vox to form a government, something that is now even in doubt.
Source: Ambito
