The PP enters the key week for the municipalities forced to agree with Vox in provincial capitals
The Popular Party needs Vox to add absolute majorities in 18 provincial capitals, but the real urgency to close agreements is reduced to a handful of large city councils. Five days after the inauguration of mayors and mayors, little progress has been made in the agreements because, in most cases, the popular ones are in no hurry to distribute areas of government, and even less so with the general elections just around the corner. the corner. And it is that in the big capitals they do not even need them.. for now. In Valencia, Seville, Zaragoza or Alicante, the PP was the list with the most votes and can not only see how its heads of list take the command rod next Saturday, but even form government teams and distribute powers by delegation. Of course, any measure would be conditional on “specific agreements” with other forces.
That is the horizon that is drawn in Seville or Valencia, where there has not yet been a meeting between the PP and Vox. The Valencian María José Catalá (PP) was a mother the week after the elections, which complicated the possibility of establishing contacts, but last Friday she collected the councilor's act and once again made clear the position she has maintained throughout the campaign. «We will attend the inauguration plenary session as the political force with the most votes and from there we will work on specific agreements in the legislature that I am convinced will occur with absolute normality.. There will not be a situation of disagreement when it comes to improving public services or lowering taxes, “he warns.
Catalá, who could start contacts with Vox this week, is in no hurry to formalize agreements. From their environment they remember that the last government of Compromís and the PSOE took a month to sign their agreements.
In Zaragoza and Alicante, the first contact between the parties has not crystallized. Neither Natalia Chueca nor Luis Barcala give in because both are only one councilor away from an absolute majority. In Castellón, on the other hand, the majority of the PP is weaker and Vox begins to tense up demanding areas such as Culture or Education.
The PP candidate for Mayor of Valencia, María José Catalá. . Gonzalez ARABA PRESS
Where the pace has accelerated is in those large cities where the PSOE was the list with the most votes and an agreement from the right is mandatory to guarantee the votes for the popular candidate next Saturday. This is the case of Toledo, Valladolid or the fourth great Valencian city, Elche. In the capital of Manchega, Carlos Velázquez (PP) has guaranteed that there will be change, but he does not reveal if with Vox councilors on his team. In Valladolid, the demands of Abascal's party are iron. The area of Culture and the Vice Mayor's Office are considered non-negotiable and the background of the pact of the Government pact in the Junta means that the talks will be tense throughout the week, because Burgos is also at the same crossroads.
In Elche, the popular Pablo Ruz was already close to closing a pact with Vox a few hours after the results were known. It will be the first to be formalized in a large Valencian city. The candidate, very close to Carlos Mazón, did not hesitate to acknowledge his understanding with the Vox leader, Aurora Rodil, with whom last Thursday he began to talk about a government project that will crystallize before Friday.