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Spain's deputies are on Tuesday (July 23rd) a first vote on the investiture of the outgoing head of government, the Socialist Pedro Sanchez. In a speech the day before, he presented a program with strong social accents to attract the voices of the radical left Podemos. But he will probably have to wait for a second round, Thursday, July 25.
With our correspondent in Madrid, Diane Cambon
Raising the minimum wage or reindexing pensions on inflation, Pedro Sanchez has set the bar on the left to ensure his renewal at the head of Spain. No explicit reference to the Catalan problem was made in his speech or any reference to the Basque nationalists, even if they could play a key role in the vote.
Pedro Sanchez knows that the right-wing opposition, formed by the Centrists of Ciudadanos, the conservatives of the Popular Party and the new deputies of the extreme right-wing party Vox , are waiting for him at the turn on the question of Catalan independence.
The latter did not hesitate to reproach him, during the investiture speech, for wanting to make concessions to the secessionists, but also to the leftist populists.
It will probably be necessary to wait for Thursday during the majority vote for Pedro Sanchez to be invested. In the meantime, negotiations with the alternative left Podemos are intensifying. The leader of the alternative left Pablo Iglesias does not want a symbolic place in the future executive and threatens not to support a possible alliance.
Tenemos the oportunidad de progresar in:
-Empleo digno
-Revolución digital
-Transición ecológica
-Feminismo
-Justice Social
-Más Europa
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