Feijóo sets conditions for coalition with Spain's Vox
Spain's PP leader Feijóo names gender equality, LGTBI rights and regional autonomy as red lines for a deal with Vox, leaving immigration out.
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Feijóo makes any deal with Vox conditional on his red lines: gender, LGTBI and regional autonomy
The leader of Spain's PP has laid out the conditions for a coalition: gender equality, LGTBI rights and respect for the country's regional autonomy framework. He also guarantees abortion and improving the euthanasia law. In practice, it amounts to asking Vox to become the PP.
Conditions Vox cannot accept without losing its identity
Feijóo, in his interview on El Hormiguero on 17 June, set a bar that Abascal can hardly clear. Vox's centralism clashes with the defence of regional autonomy; its stance on gender and LGTBI issues is squarely opposed; and abortion is a red line for a party that sees it as a social failure. The move is clever: if the deal falls through, the blame will be Vox's. But if Abascal accepts, his base will see it as betrayal.
The silence on immigration, the rift that won't close
Feijóo avoided mentioning immigration, where the PP could give ground in exchange for Vox swallowing the rest. But one line of analysis holds that Vox's base is not on board. The PP faces the same dilemma as in 2023: pushing too hard may leave it without a government; softening, bleeding support to the left. A dead end that can only be resolved through elections or with a tamed Vox that stops being Vox.
The leader of Spain's PP has laid out the conditions for a coalition: gender equality, LGTBI rights and respect for the country's regional autonomy framework. He also guarantees abortion and improving the euthanasia law. In practice, it amounts to asking Vox to become the PP.
Conditions Vox cannot accept without losing its identity
Feijóo, in his interview on El Hormiguero on 17 June, set a bar that Abascal can hardly clear. Vox's centralism clashes with the defence of regional autonomy; its stance on gender and LGTBI issues is squarely opposed; and abortion is a red line for a party that sees it as a social failure. The move is clever: if the deal falls through, the blame will be Vox's. But if Abascal accepts, his base will see it as betrayal.
The silence on immigration, the rift that won't close
Feijóo avoided mentioning immigration, where the PP could give ground in exchange for Vox swallowing the rest. But one line of analysis holds that Vox's base is not on board. The PP faces the same dilemma as in 2023: pushing too hard may leave it without a government; softening, bleeding support to the left. A dead end that can only be resolved through elections or with a tamed Vox that stops being Vox.
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