Overview
- Alberto Núñez Feijóo used a July party congress to install Miguel Tellado as PP secretary general and Ester Muñoz as parliamentary spokesperson, signaling a rightward recalibration with openness to agreements but rejecting coalition government and maintaining a veto only on Bildu.
- Extremadura’s vote delivered a combined PP–Vox share above 60%, with Vox roughly doubling its tally to nearly 17% and the PP also gaining, strengthening Vox’s leverage for post‑election agreements.
- Santiago Abascal previously pulled Vox out of PP coalition governments, a move portrayed as electorally advantageous, and he now targets both Pedro Sánchez and Feijóo in parliamentary debates.
- PP strategists are debating how to blunt Vox’s rise without mirroring its message as Feijóo reiterates that any governance pacts would stop short of formal coalition.
- PSOE faces internal upheaval after the defeat in Extremadura, including forced resignations and a caretaker management team, while Jordi Sevilla has stepped forward as a social‑democratic alternative as commentary speculates about Sánchez’s political future.