Moreno Bonilla does not want a government with Vox

Barcelona / MadridJuanma Moreno Bonilla entered to applause at the PP's state headquarters the day after the Andalusian elections. Despite the bittersweet taste of his victory, this Monday among the popular ranks the "spectacular" result obtained by the popular candidate is claimed. In statements to the media at the entrance of the party's state board of directors, Moreno Bonilla has argued that, no matter how much he has fallen two deputies short of an absolute majority, the 53 seats are a "sufficiently forceful" result to leave Vox out of his future regional executive. "It is a very good result that gives us room to maneuver to govern alone," he stated. For now, Vox has not set this price, as it did in Extremadura and Aragon, awaiting the start of negotiations. Moreno explained that he has not yet had contact with Santiago Abascal's party.

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On the other hand, on the political scene, the PSOE seeks solace in the debacle in Andalusia, where it has won 28 seats (two fewer) and the party's worst results in the region, in the PP's retreat. After the meeting of the federal executive, spokesperson Montse Mínguez admitted that she expected a different outcome and pointed to two causes to explain the defeat: on the one hand, they believe they have lost votes to the PP to prevent it from depending on Vox —voters that the PSOE believes can be easily recovered—; on the other hand, the party considers that there has also been demobilization of their own supporters due to polls that augured bad omens for them. However, Mínguez quickly turned her attention to the PP:

The socialists' strategy, beyond saying they are doing "self-criticism" and that they must "properly" analyze the results, especially in Andalusia, involves picking at Juanma Moreno Bonilla's wound and the PP's loss of absolute majority. In turn, Pedro Sánchez, from Moncloa, does not intend to deviate from his course until the Spanish elections of 2027, as they interpret that there is no "extrapolation" of the results on a state scale. Mínguez has also warned that the Spanish government will be vigilant to ensure that the pact with Vox complies with legality —especially considering the "national priority" in public services demanded by the far-right—, but has dismissed the path to isolate them from the government: the PSOE's abstention to allow Moreno Bonilla to govern. "After the PP's permanent attack, now they ask us to save them from trouble? Seriously? It bothers me," the PSOE spokesperson stated. "It is unacceptable," he made clear —reports Núria Orriols Guiu. Much less accommodating has been the same candidate and former minister, María Jesús Montero, who has not refrained from self-criticism. "I am not happy," she said in an interview with SER, from where she admitted that she has not managed to mobilize the progressive electorate as Adelante Andalucía has, the Andalusian formation that has gone from 2 to 8 representatives in the Andalusian parliament. "They are much more effective in political communication," she said. Montero, in fact, has attributed her defeat to a way of doing politics from the "21st century" to which the PSOE has not adapted in the way "we address citizens," she summarized. She made it clear, however, that for the moment, she will lead the opposition in Andalusia, but has not guaranteed that she will do so for the entire legislature. "Many things happen in four years [...] I go minute by minute, game by game," she said.

If the PSOE has no intention of sparing the PP the ordeal of having to bow to the far-right, far less will the rest of the parties to the left of the socialists. "We are the opposition of the future to the PP and, of course, we will not make Mr. Moreno Bonilla president," stated the candidate for Endavant Andalusia, José Ignacio García, on Canal Sur. And the same reaction has been had by the head of the list for Por Andalucía, Antonio Maíllo (IU), after seeing how the coalition has had to settle for the same 5 deputies in the Andalusian parliament: "We have had a very clear position. We have not made nods or flirted with the PP, and we will not do so," he said.