Rajoy calls for “a minimal agreement” for “a government that can govern” – Terra Peru

The Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, appealed today to agree quickly, “a government that can govern” and urged achieve “at least a minimal agreement” to allow normal operation in Parliament.

The government People’s Party Rajoy (center right) won the elections last June 26 to get 137 seats of the 350 in the Spanish Congress, insufficient number to form a government alone so you will have to compromise with other political forces.

But so far no party has been willing to reach agreements with the PP to Rajoy again be elected Prime Minister.

The Spanish chief executive, tomorrow begins a round of meetings with political leaders, stressed today that should be avoided “nonsense” of a third elections and urged to get a stable government .

The fact that Spain has a functioning government is given, and therefore constrained in its actions, since December 20, 2015, when general elections were held.

From these elections emerged a highly fragmented parliament and parties not agreed to form a government, so we had to call new elections.

Now the PP has improved its results, with fourteen more seats in December, while the second party, the PSOE (Socialists), down to 85 deputies, five less than in December. However, the situation at the moment, is locked.

Rajoy said data job creation June known today and stressed the need to maintain the policies that have led to progress and that, in his view, have proved positive for Spanish , referring to the measures of his government in the last five years.

He stressed the need for quickly reach an agreement that would allow “political and institutional stability.”

In recent days many popular leaders have appealed to PSOE to allow a PP government, either support or abstention, but so far the Socialists have rejected any of the two options.

On Saturday the PSOE Federal Committee, the highest body of the party will meet to fix a position on it.

Before, throughout the week, the Socialist leader, Pedro Sanchez, will meet separately with regional party leaders to try to get to the meeting on Saturday with a stand agreed.