Spain is moving inexorably towards the proclamation of the third elections in just one year. A near-record (negative) which at the moment does not seem to have had serious repercussions on the country's economic performance, but which is starting to cause concern throughout the continent.
37 days after the June 26 electoral round which decreed again the failure to achieve an absolute majority for Mariano Rajoy's Partido Popular (first political force with 33% of the votes) there does not seem to be a light at the end of the tunnel. Negotiations are blocked and the possibility for the PP leader to pass the vote of confidence in Parliament is becoming increasingly remote.
“The left will not support the right. The Spanish Socialist Workers Party does not intend to support those we want to change”. With a statement as brief as it is clear, Pedro Sanchez summed up an hour of conversation with Mariano Rajoy, confirming that under no circumstances will the PSOE endorse an executive led by the popular forces. A flat no that extinguishes the hopes of the current head of government who is starting to put his hands forward, fearing the hypothesis of third elections. "An absurdity, a madness", according to the number one of the PP who however speaks of a concrete risk, giving theto blame for what is happening to the socialists.
Tomorrow Rajoy will meet the leader of Ciudadanos, Albert Rivera, who in recent days has already given his willingness to abstain in the second investiture vote, giving the Partido Popular a better chance of reaching a simple majority in the classroom. The problem is that even in this case the numbers would not be sufficient to conquer the Cortes.
It seems increasingly clear that, without a step backwards by the PSOE (which could be configured through the technical abstention of some parliamentarians), Spain will once again remain an ungovernable country.
It should be underlined that, according to the Iberian law, the institutional clock for calling a new electoral round will start at the time of the first investiture vote. From that day, the Spanish representatives will have two months to form a government. In the event that they failed again, the Chambers would be automatically dissolved and, after a further two months, new electoral rallies would be convened.
