New, umpteenth elections in Spain. Madrid returns to the polls seven months after the vote that sanctioned the victory of Pedro Sanchez's socialists without however giving them the absolute majority necessary to govern. The date has already been set. The new electoral round will be held on November 10th.
Will the second elections of 2019, the fourth in four years. “An unprecedented case in Europe that marks the failure of an entire generation of politicians”, he comments The country.
After months of negotiations – not too convinced to tell the truth – the epilogue that everyone expected has arrived. Consultations with the country's main parties concluded on the evening of 17 September King Felipe announced that he had not found sufficient numbers to convene the investiture session.
“I hope that on November 10 the Spaniards will express a clearer majority so that you, Mr. Casado, Rivera and Iglesias (the three leaders of the PP, of Ciudadanos and of Unidas Podemos, ed.) do not have the ability to block the formation of a government,” Sánchez said in response to the accusations of his opponents.
In fact, according to many analysts, the same number one of the Socialist Party aimed to return to the polls, convinced that he can obtain that absolute majority that escaped him last April.
From that moment on, negotiations with Unidas Podemos had begun, but right from the start the positions of the two parties proved to be irreconcilable. Sánchez wanted to govern alone with the external support of Iglesias's party, the latter asking for positions of weight within the executive. The distance between the two formations was evident during the first investiture session at the end of July, when, despite attempts, Podemos decided not to vote its trust in the appointed Premier.
According to the latest polls published by Sigma Dos for the newspaper El Mundo. In the next elections, the socialists should be able to consolidate their position, going from 28,7 to 33,4%. Unidas Podemos could confirm its 14,2%, while the PP could recover ground, rising to 19%. Downhill, Ciudadanos, which could settle at 11,8% from the previous 15,9%. Strong drop for the ultra-right Vox, which would lose 7 seats, falling to 17. If these numbers were confirmed, the PSOE would emerge strengthened from the polls, but would still not be able to obtain the absolute majority (176 seats) necessary to govern alone.
