Bravo Pedro Sánchez – Prime Minister and Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) – “The European Union is breathing better,” the French MP wrote on Twitter, in reference to an election in which the right-wing Popular Party (PP) won but did not have enough seats to come to power, even allying itself with far-right force Vox.
Although the outcome of the appointment at the elections is not yet known and it is currently unknown whether the elections will have to be repeated in a few months, Faure congratulated the PSOE and the left coalition Sumar.
“Together we are stronger than the right and the extreme right,” he said.
The PS First Secretary also responded to a tweet in which the PSOE published: “There are many more of us who want Spain to continue on the path of backlash that the PP has marked with Vox.”
According to the results published last night, after counting 96 percent of the ballots, the PP has 136 seats, followed by the 122 seats of the PSOE, the 33 seats of Vox and the 31 seats of Sumar, but without achieving the absolute majority of 176 needed in Congress to govern.
The Spanish election has been in the crosshairs of the French left for weeks, concerned about the rise of the far right in Europe.
In view of the votes, the leader of La Francia Insumisa (LFI), Jean-Luc Mélenchon, called on the Spaniards on Friday to prevent the right wing from taking power.
“People of Spain, you will vote on July 23, I am French, but we all feel involved in what will happen there,” he said in a video message circulating on social media at the time, speaking in Spanish.
According to the three-time presidential candidate up for election last year, a progressive victory in the neighboring country is crucial because “there are already many reactionary and far-right governments in Europe, and each one can see what comes of it.”
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