The PP did not hesitate to close yesterday quickly and without any complex an agreement with Vox to ensure governability in the Valencian Community and today it could do the same in the Balearic Islands. The popular people act like this because they consider that this will not cause them any great wear and tear in the elections of 23-J. Vox has been whitewashed by many media outlets and, as our colleague Josep Martí Blanch quite rightly states, especially by same citizens who have endorsed them in large numbers. When so many people vote for them and do so repeatedly, sanitary cords are of little use.
Spain is not Germany, where the then chancellor Angela Merkel had the election of the Prime Minister of Thuringia revoked in 2020 for having been elected with the votes of Alternative for Germany (AfD). The sanitary cordons do work there and no one wants to agree with the ultra-right.
On the other hand, here, the PSOE would do well not to focus its entire electoral campaign on the fear that Vox could govern because it could be that the right-wing voter ends up supporting the PP as happened in Andalusia, where Juan Moreno Bonilla went get the majority
However, Vox’s company is not innocuous. The PP campaign spokesman, Borja Sémper, had to veto the leader of Vox in Valencia, Carlos Flores, because he had been convicted in 2002 for psychological violence against his wife. Santiago Abascal’s formation reacted by excluding him from the future government in Valencia and decided to put him number one on the list in Congress. It is strange that what is not valid for the regional government can indeed be valid for the race of San Jerónimo, but it was a box or belt for Vox, who accepted it because the pact with the PP guarantees them the presidency of the Valencian Courts and some ministries.
Vox will join the PP in many other Spanish councils and there will be time to assess its performance. The PP would prefer not to close this kind of agreement with Vox, but it will not hesitate to seal them despite the proximity of the 23-J. It is a symptom of the reality that is experienced in Spain. Let everyone draw their own conclusions.
