MADRID The Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy (PP, center-right), today confirmed that it will be the candidate to head the lists of the Popular Party in the next general elections, while the leader of the opposition PSOE (Socialist) Pedro Sanchez wants to be your training.
Six days after the municipal and regional elections, in which his party dropped ten percentage points and is in danger of losing many local power centers, Rajoy took advantage of a economic conference in Sitges (northeast) to express its aspiration to stay as head of government after the current term, which ends in November.
“I assure you that I will work for it,” Rajoy said, who a few days ago and showed their interest in the new PP candidate for the leadership of the Executive, after the elections so in 2004, 2008 and 2011 and winning the latter.
The electoral decline PP, which can translate into the loss of many municipalities and regions, has generated debate within the ruling party, which these days analyzes the causes and some of whose leaders have suggested the desirability of a generational change.
Today Rajoy assumed that these results shows that it is “obvious” that his government and the PP have done some things right. “We have things to change and we will,”
“If the PP rectify some things are going back to merit a very broad confidence “in November, he said the chief executive.
Meanwhile, the first opposition party, the Socialists, won 25 percent in the Sunday’s municipal elections, two points behind the PP and its leader, Pedro Sanchez, is considered reinforced.
This is because, despite having dropped two points and half in the last elections, the Socialists can achieve the government in regions and municipalities through agreements with training Can we left.
The Federal Committee of the PSOE, the highest governing body, today discussed the policy of pacts for the formation of majorities in local and approves the schedule for internal primary elections in which the candidate for the Prime Minister will be appointed in November.
Pedro Sanchez will be proclaimed socialist candidate on 21 June if no opponent to compete in primary, in which the deadline for submission of nominations will be opened next week.
In principle no more socialist leaders who have expressed interest in competing with Sanchez and if you finally do The vote of the primary would be July 26.
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