A campaign closure in Spain with a lot of uncertainty

The parties put the finishing touch in Spain to the electoral campaign before the general elections this Sunday. The socialist Pedro Sánchez wanted to review the achievements of his government in a legislature marked by the pandemic and looked back… at how the country was before he came to power.

“There was a government with a party condemned for irregular financing and that it used the good name of the State Security Forces and Corps to create parapolice structures, obstruct police investigations and persecute their political adversaries”, affirmed the Prime Minister of Spain, the socialist Pedro Sánchez, referring to the conservative government of Mariano Rajoy.

The conservative Popular Party has a good chance of returning to power, according to polls. His leader, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, closed his campaign in La Coruña. He ruled Galicia for thirteen years and they know him well.

“They also know what they can expect from me. Less tension and more moderation. Less personalism and more general interest. Less division and more unity. And less me, me, me, me, me and more us, us, us. All of us”, affirmed Feijóo.

The far-right party VOX, which could be a necessary ally for the Popular Party, chose the symbolic Plaza de Colón to close its campaign, In the centre of Madrid. Although he has lost steam in the final stretch, he still aspires to enter a coalition Executive hand in hand with the PP, as it has done in several Spanish regions. It would be the first time since Franco’s death that the extreme right came to power in Spain.

A possibility that scares progressive formations and can mobilize their electorate. Sumar, a formation to the left of the PSOE, it brings together dozens of parties that have put aside their Cainite struggles to unite the vote.