“It’s unrealistic for anyone to suggest that we could support a vote of no confidence favoring the PP, considering what that party has done to Catalan in Europe,” stated Junts Secretary-General Jordi Turull, referring to the conservative party’s campaign against recognizing Catalan as an official EU language.
“I can’t imagine ever aligning with these people,” he insisted.
The PP’s decision not to present an unsuccessful motion against Sánchez allows Abascal, who is also president of the far-right Patriots party at the EU level, to suggest that Spain’s mainstream political groups are in collusion.
Pablo Simón, a political scientist at Madrid’s Carlos III University, anticipated that Abascal’s far-right party would take the chance to argue that “the PP and the Socialist are two pillars of a single, inherently corrupt system.”
“We’ve seen the party gain significantly by arguing that the political establishment is discredited,” Simón remarked. “After the deadly floods in Valencia, Vox improved in the polls by arguing that neither the PP-controlled regional government nor the Socialist national government managed the crisis effectively.”
Simón noted that the current political situation in Spain is based solely on a preliminary investigative report from the elite Civil Guard’s Central Operative Unit (UCO), and even more troubling scandals could emerge in the coming months, further undermining the government.
“Sánchez’s public apology doesn’t resolve this issue and certainly won’t help him distance his government from the corruption allegations,” he said. “This might theoretically bring Feijóo closer to power, but it also empowers the far-right, increasing the likelihood that the PP will need to rely on Vox to form a future government.”
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