Alberto Núñez Feijóo

Which means, and this is where the complicated things, uh, come up, is that, um, for the PP, this election is not so much about winning, but about containing Vox not to be so strong that it would condition them once in government asking for interior justice ministries, for having a big impact on, on conservative policy.

The conservative leader, Feijóo, has always, um, believed or, or planned for a government in which Vox will get some symbolic portfolios and, you know, would not be, uh, making a lot of trouble.

But if Vox, um, doubles its seats and the conservatives in some scenarios could even lose seats, you know, that would be, uh, very damaging for Feijóo and would, um, you know, sap some of the legitimacy or a big part of that, that he hopes to win.

Therefore, for the Socialists, they know, um, that according to average of polls, they're going to be after the PP, uh, but they're more interested in having Vox being strong so that that's not, um, open for a stable, uh, next term or one in which Vox and, and PP would be able to swiftly govern and pass a budget, but that, you know, the, the, the new government would be, um, you know, immersed in, uh, in internal fighting, unable to pass a budget and so forth.

So in a sense it's kind of the worse the better, um, with a hope of a, of a comeback of the Socialists to power anytime soon.

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the PP is ahead of the Socialist Party, but Sánchez is still prime minister.

So you could imagine Feijóo even get, uh, becoming prime minister, but having less votes than the, than the left side.

Mi cosa es que si eres periodista, a lo mejor tienes que poner matices a lo que te diga alguien en una comida.

Se cargan al presidente de Televisión Española, al que había nombrado por consenso el PSOE, el PP, Podemos y el PNV.

Eh, de aquella manera, pero lo habían nombrado.

Y el PSOE ve que no le puede manipular tan fácilmente.

Yo no me, no me termino de creer nada.

Volvamos al principio, si yo no lo veía tan claro que el automatismo, la verdad es que es una cosa que quería comentar, siendo siempre malsiblo lo que es la muerte de una persona, pero yo cuando en las elecciones del 23 escribí un artículo, que es una cosa que, que, que pasa mucho con los artículos, que, que puedes equivocarte muchas veces, pero nos equivocamos muchos columnistas y analistas, yo no soy analista, pero me dio por decir: "Yo pienso que va a ser una masacre del PP y Vox porque en las autonómicas ha arrasado, porque va todo fatal".

Y de repente Sánchez, usaremos o usaré la expresión, ganó para decir que acabó de presidente.

Efectivamente, no ganó, ganó el PP, pero una serie de circunstancias hicieron que sumara y ganara.

So the parties to Mr. Sanchez's right are going into this with great confidence, you reckon?

Yeah, I think Alberto Nunez Feijoo, the leader of the mainstream conservative People's Party, must be a little nervous because in twenty twenty-three they thought they had the election wrapped up, and they fell four votes short in the parliament with allies.

So I think they will be aware of that this time.

The terms of trade within the right have changed in the last three years.

On Friday, the Spanish parliament rejected measures put forward by the Sanchez government to deal with a housing crisis that's led to huge protests across Spain.

The leader of the conservative opposition People's Party, Alberto Feijoo, welcomed the early election.

At last Spain will say what it thinks.

The majority will speak again.