The placid march of Alberto Núñez Feijóo towards his victory on the next 23-J in the metaphorical image of the blue bicycle, which we drew yesterday in this section, presents some setbacks and strong slopes until the end of the race. Especially if Vox wants to get on the bike with all his equipment. Feijóo has already said actively and passively that he wants to reach the finish line alone. The problem is that it may not get there without the support of Vox, as has happened in the other previous stages, which have been the last regional elections, where without Abascal’s party there is no victory, no climb to the podium or bunch of flowers

One of the many reasons why Pedro Sánchez decided to bring forward the general elections was precisely because he assumed that the campaign would coincide with the negotiations between PP and Vox to agree on the different governments, and this could mean wear and tear on the people. A momentary success. The leadership of the PP has not been able to build a single discourse for the pacts in its different communities and that is why there were cases as disparate as the rejection of Vox in Extremadura compared to the good predisposition and speed of the agreement in the Community Valencian

Feijóo has shown doubts these days and has been criticized by the published opinion friend for not having been more forceful when imposing the same line throughout the party. But this doubtful line, more typical of Marianism, ended yesterday. The popular candidate presented himself in Valencia and made an unequivocal defense of the agreements with Vox, even if for that he had to remember the ones Pedro Sánchez has made with the Catalan, Basque and Podemite independence activists. At the same time, the candidate for the Junta d’Extremadura, María Guardiola, backed down and admitted yesterday that she could end up making an agreement with Vox in the future.

It is clear that Feijóo wants and will try to govern without Vox, but yesterday’s gestures confirm that if arithmetic forces, Abascal’s party will end up riding Núñez Feijóo’s bike.