Overview
- PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo phoned Vox’s Santiago Abascal to seek a swift agreement for a new investiture, with both citing the need for stability and no successor named so far.
- With 40 seats, the PP requires Vox’s 13 votes to elect a new president in Les Corts, and parties have until about November 19 to register candidates before an investiture likely in late November.
- If no deal emerges, the statutory clock points to early elections roughly in late March or early April 2026, according to timelines reported by multiple outlets.
- PP succession talks are unsettled: regional leaders favor Juanfran Pérez Llorca, national leadership has weighed María José Catalá, and Vox signals it will not grant a blank check until the PP unifies around a name.
- Carlos Mazón remains in a caretaker role and retains his deputy seat and legal privilege, as national corruption probes intensify with a UCO report citing communications involving minister Ángel Víctor Torres and a Senate witness reiterating an allegation about José Luis Ábalos and Pedro Sánchez that is presented as her testimony.