Vox maintains its opposition to Guardiola and will block the second investiture attempt in Extremadura

MadridSo far, it hasn't helped that the PP leadership has become involved in the negotiations in Extremadura. Less than 24 hours before the second investiture vote for María Guardiola, sources from the People's Party have confirmed that Vox maintains its "no" to the conservative candidateThis is what the far-right party conveyed to her this Thursday morning, leaving no room "for any other possibility." "The 'no' was decided days ago and probably has no relation to the talks held in Extremadura, but rather to external factors," sources from the PP headquarters in Madrid maintain. This refusal will mean that Guardiola will once again lose her attempt to be invested by the Assembly of Extremadura this Friday afternoon.

Once this new setback is overcome, the PP and Vox will have until May 4th to reach an agreement. If they fail to do so, Extremadura will hold repeat elections on June 28th. This deadlock coincides with the election campaign in Castile and León. which started just a week ago and will culminate with the election on March 15. If the same scenario repeats itself—a minority PP victory tied to Vox—the PP will have three open negotiation tables with the far right, in addition to Aragon. "We trust they will reconsider in the coming hours. And if they don't, that they do so in the next two months, and that the blockade they will impose on the citizens of Extremadura tomorrow is not extended to other territories," the same PP sources insisted.

The PP lamented that they didn't think "Santiago Abascal's party would join its votes with Pedro Sánchez's party against a Popular Party government." However, Vox has repeatedly expressed its animosity towards Guardiola, the baroness The popular party that has most criticized the far right, even though it ultimately accepted their inclusion in its government in 2023 at the behest of the party leadership in Madrid. This same week, before the first investiture debate, Vox sources familiar with the negotiations warned el ARA that, despite some improvement, the negotiations could still "stalle" because there were loose ends to tie up: now "progress is being made," but the pace is still "too slow."