The national reading will be inevitable and will mark the rest of the regional events. The Extremadura elections, in just two weeks’ time, will serve as the “first thermometer” by which parties will finally be able to gauge the position of public opinion in this turbulent legislature. … The various Communist Party cadres realize that “there is a lot at stake.” Alberto Nunez Figo has published an agenda to start the campaign, first in Badajoz and this Friday in Cáceres, which leaves no room for doubt. The order is to roll. Opinion polls must confirm whether this is the case, as they expected, or not. The Socialist Workers Party is losing support resoundingly. It will also demonstrate the position and power of Popular and Vox in the right-wing sphere. And if, as they also expect in Genoa, the party Santiago Abascal It is growing but not as much as some surveys predict.
Popular Party sources assume that the right-wing process that Spanish society is experiencing will certainly be confirmed. They give great importance to the fact that Extremadura is a region traditionally loyal to the left. “We will see very important social change,” they warn. They also remember that in 2023 the Socialist Workers Party was the party that won the election, even though they tied on 28 seats. Chairman of the Board of Directors, Maria Guardiolais preparing for a campaign in which it has already achieved victory. The challenge will be to get very close, almost to absolute. It is a complex society because it consists of only two electoral districts.
But the only victory for the People’s Party, above all, The correct amount is very clear (Two and a half years ago this was not the case at all) It would be a “success” for Feijóo’s interests considering the PSOE. Socialists realize that the starting point is complex. Its candidate, Miguel Angel Gallardo, who is on trial in the case of the prime minister’s brother and who will stand trial in the spring, blocks the possibilities for improvement. But the PSOE also knows that the national situation, with a very strong erosion of Pedro Sánchez due to agreements with the independents and the accumulation of judicial fronts – at the moment the Koldo conspiracy with José Luis Albalos and the counselor who gave his name to the case in prison; And also Paco Salazar scandal In full swing – condemnation of training for a bad result. What remains to be seen, they admitted at the Paris conference, “is how bad the situation will be.”
Feijóo needs to defeat the socialists. And this is not the only thing you need. And Vox’s party – which will grow because in 2023 it had 5 deputies and just over 8% of the vote – has not risen significantly. Santiago Abascal decided to throw himself into the election campaign as if he were practically the candidate. His continued presence – several rallies for weeks – in the region is worrying some grassroots leaders, who recognize that the Vox party leader is his party’s main asset. However, other leaders consulted by ABC consider so “He’s very involved.” And that he will be “primarily responsible” for the outcome, whatever it may be. The Popular Party’s ambition is to grow its rival on the right, but it does not achieve an exceptional result. “This will help us a lot in putting things right,” they say. They also recognize that there are other autonomous communities where the Abascal score may be much higher.
The main problem – thinking about forming a future government – is the weak harmony between the Popular and Vox parties in Extremadura. So much so that, as ABC published, Abascal’s entourage does not rule out imposing a rerun if their votes are necessary for Guardiola’s investment and the president refuses to accept all their conditions.
The People’s Party is counting on a disaster by the Socialist Workers’ Party and hopes that Vox will not achieve a great result
On the same Thursday, the leader of the People’s Party of Don Benito (Badajoz) admitted that the Extremadura elections were “important for all of Spain” – “they have never been so important,” he even said – if they really wanted to send a “message of change” that would “put an end to Sanchismo.” At about the same time, Abascal published an extremely harsh speech “Against the Two-Party System” in which he equated the Popular Parties with the PSOE because they had created “a legacy of pro-Spanish territorial abandonment.” The tone will not go down during these two weeks, as ABC has already reported. The right-wing formations were in a hurry to settle the agreement in the Valencian Community and plunge into a campaign with a lot at stake.