The leader of the radical left-wing Spanish group Podemos agreed on Friday (July 19th) not to be part of the future government of Pedro Sanchez, which could pave the way for the renewal of the Socialist's power.
Pedro Sanchez had hammered Thursday that he did not want Pablo Iglesias in his executive because of their deep differences, especially on Catalonia whose secession attempt in 2017 caused one of the worst political crises in the country.
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"Spain needs a left-wing government (...) The Socialist Party says I'm the only obstacle to this government I've been thinking these days and I'm not going to be the excuse so that the Socialist Party does not make this coalition government "with Podemos, said Pablo Iglesias in a video posted on Twitter.
"My presence in the Council of Ministers is not going to be the problem"
"My presence in the Council of Ministers is not going to be the problem, provided that the Socialist Party does not veto any further and that Podemos' presence in the next government is proportional to his votes and that Podemos logically proposes" the names of the ministers, he demanded.
Having become head of the government in June 2018 thanks to a motion of censure against the conservative Mariano Rajoy, Pedro Sanchez won the legislative elections at the end of April but is far from the absolute majority with 123 Socialist deputies out of 350.
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He therefore needs the support of the 42 deputies of Podemos, in addition to that of several regionalist parties, to be reappointed head of government by Parliament next week.
Podemos had conditioned his support for joining a coalition government from the beginning. What Pedro Sanchez had categorically refused before releasing ballast and saying he was in favor of appointing Podemos ministers but with a more technical than political profile.
With AFP