Madrid. Smiles and handshakes despite the seriousness of the moment: King Philip VI of Spain began Monday a final round of consultations with political leaders to confirm whether, given the impossibility of forming a government, calls new elections.
The fourth eurozone economy is now more than four months with executive functions, unable to make relevant decisions although the country is still discussion to overcome a lengthy crisis.
If there are new elections, the situation will last three or four months, at best. At worst, the country hopes not beat the Belgian record of 541 days without government.
With gray suit and light blue tie, Philip VI was getting throughout the day to spokespersons of political forces, lower to greater parliamentary representation.
This third round of consultations since the December 20 legislative elections will be much shorter than before.
on Monday the king summoned eight formations. On Tuesday, the remaining six, ending with the four main ones: the center-right party Citizens, the radical leftist Podemos, the socialist PSOE and the conservative Popular Party
After posing with each political front of the photographers. , the monarch remembered them less than an hour in his office. The aim, confirm if anyone has managed to forge alliances enough-in a very fragmented, parliament to be sworn in as president of the government
The answer, known to all.. Not
After months of fruitless negotiations, the deadline to elect a new executive to succeed the Mariano conservative Rajoy expires on May 2.
However, it seems likely that the Casa del Rey not prolonged political agony and announce, shortly after the end of the meetings, the organization of new elections on June 26. first date allowed by the constitutional deadlines, and by the beginning of summer vacation boreal
the formation of a new government, “it made it impossible for the PSOE and Citizens”, launched on Sunday Rajoy from an event in Cordoba in southern Afghanistan .
“Rajoy is faking, has not lifted a finger; he is already in the elections,” countered Albert Rivera, leader of Citizens, in the center-right daily El Mundo
. PP Rajoy came out ahead of December elections (123 of 350 deputies). But without the super comfortable absolute majority of 186 deputies who won in 2011 without any ally, after the first round of actual queries in January, he gave up trying investiture.
The mission was then entrusted to the leader socialist Pedro Sanchez (90 deputies), who claimed to want to negotiate with everyone, to his left and his right, except the PP. However, only it managed an agreement with Citizens (40 seats), rejected en bloc by the left as too liberal, led to spectacular failures in two votes of investiture in March.
Since then, nothing he has moved substantially. And, according to the polls, not the opinion of the Spanish, who seem determined to vote rather like.
A survey published by El Mundo on Sunday predicted 123 deputies for PP, 90 for the PSOE, 70 for we if as seems the communist ecolo IU and 44 for Citizens coalition allies to the detriment of smaller formations.
Another, published by El Pais, center left, on Friday predicted a result a similar but can overcome the PSOE-IU number of votes.
“the PSOE is that (…) has more risks,” says sociologist AFP Belén Barreiro, director of MyWord polling institute. “Will you ask the useful vote” to prevent Rajoy repeat in power, “but why?” He asks, recalling his difficulties to agree with the radical we can.
“I get the feeling it will not be easier, but harder still to agree “confirmed one of the socialist barons, Miquel Iceta, in a meeting with the international press.
All training prepared and, although without saying so, more austere campaign than in previous elections. And six months later, they can leave the country again in the starting point
. Source: AFP
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