Sánchez Warns that the PP-Vox Pact in the Senate Shows that They Share a "Project of Involution"
The parties will skip races in several provinces and share candidates in others to protect a centre-right Senate majority, officials said.
- On Monday, the People's Party and Vox agreed to coordinate Senate lists across 23 provinces to avoid splitting the right-wing vote ahead of the Spain Election on November 29. Vox will field one candidate in 14 provinces while the People's Party sits out three.
- Miguel Tellado, PP secretary general, called the pact 'good news' to 'protect the centre-right majority in the Senate' from the left. Three-fifths of the Senate is required to renew the Constitutional Court and General Council of the Judiciary, which the PP secured in 2023.
- Vox stated the parties share a goal to 'expel Pedro's criminal organisation' from public institutions, though platforms differ. In provinces where Vox skips races, the People's Party will place Vox-proposed independents on its lists.
- Spain publishes official candidate lists on Wednesday, allowing voters to verify the alliance's implementation. The strategy targets provinces where the People's Party historically struggled, including Gipuzkoa, Girona, and Tarragona.
- Prediction markets reflect investor attention to the maneuver: Kalshi priced Feij at 82% to become Prime Minister, while Polymarket priced the People's Party at 81% to win the general election. Senate control influences future judicial appointments.
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Feijóo and his relationship with Vox: not having “no interest in agreeing” to close an agreement with lists together for the Senate.
Vox's leader accuses Sánchez's environment of trying to "steal the elections with the trap of grandchildren" and assures that the pact for the Senate does not alter the differences between the two formations.
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