Overview
- The Assembly’s constitutive session on 20 January will test whether PP and Vox can agree on the Mesa’s makeup and a broader coalition deal.
- Talks are stalled over Vox’s bid for clear, comprehensive control of Agriculture and its demand for a seat on the Assembly bureau.
- Arithmetic gives the PP the presidency of the chamber with 29 seats, yet Vox’s 11 deputies are pivotal for investiture and leverage over institutional posts.
- Options under discussion, according to reports, include a vice‑presidency and two ministries for Vox, with Agriculture the portfolio in dispute.
- Both parties aim to avoid a repeat of 2023, when a late agreement left the PSOE running the Mesa, as Vox also presses programmatic changes and has previously raised the prospect of repeat elections.