The People’s Party took first place, winning 136 seats (47 more than in the 2019 round). The Socialist Party came second with 122 seats (two more than four years ago). The bronze medal went to the Vox nationalists, who won 33 seats and lost 19. While this line-up performed worse than expected, it still remained the country’s third-strongest political force. A less than brilliant result for Sumar’s far left, who stood at 31. Founded in 2022, this platform includes Podemos and Mas Pais: two groups that received 35 and 3 MPs respectively in 2019. Next we find the Republican Left of Catalonia, which got seven seats, and Together for Catalonia, which also got seven seats: both parties have lost ground compared to 2019.
Given these numbers, it will not be easy for the centre-right party to secure a parliamentary majority, as Popular and Vox only have 169 seats combined. Currently, a rescue from the Navarro People’s Union cannot be ruled out: a party with conservative leanings, but which was only able to provide one seat. In these hours, many are also wondering about the real possibility of a European alliance between the EPP and the ECR: an unprecedented bloc for which these Iberian elections were in a way a test. Let me be clear: this project remains concrete on the table. What is certain is that we still have to work harder to get it into port.
But beware: when Athens cries, Sparta does not laugh. Commentators, who are now delighted at the lack of an outright majority between Popular and Vox, are ignoring (or pretending to ignore) that for the outgoing Prime Minister. Pedro Sanchez The situation is anything but rosy. First, as we have seen, his allies in Sumar are weaker than expected. But there is another “detail” that the newspaper El Mundo highlights. “The calculation of the virtually certain allies the socialist is considering does not include ‘Together for Catalonia’, a formation he neither endorsed nor assured during the election campaign sanchez neither Feijoo. However, this commitment could change, but this would be at the expense of accepting requests from the PSOE that border on unconstitutional,” the newspaper reported in the past few hours. Not only. El Mundo also stressed that the other small parties that would offer help to the PSOE would come up with politically hefty bills in return. in summary, sanchez He runs the risk of being held hostage by radical forces, characterized by unconstitutional positions and, worse for him, their own veto.
For now, the most likely scenario seems to be a return to the ballot box.