The party says it has allowed the PP to govern with stability in recent years, but believes compliance with the agreements has fallen notably. According to Torres, around 80% of the items added by Vox were implemented in previous years, whereas this year, she maintains, compliance is barely around 20%. Among the pending issues, she cites projects in industrial estates, fountains and misting systems, Taser guns for the Local Police and bridge upgrades.
Added to this are two of Vox's main demands for sitting down to negotiate: streamlining the structure of Zaragoza City Council and the Low Emission Zone. Regarding the latter, Torres has insisted that her party will not accept a proposal presented as a mechanism for issuing fines and argues that the activation of the LEZ should be exceptional. "Agreements are meant to be fulfilled," the spokesperson stressed, maintaining that there is "material on the table" to begin working with the PP.
VOX WILL TAKE A HARDER OPPOSITION LINE IF THERE IS NO AGREEMENT
The budget dispute is also taking place as Chueca's administration has the possibility of getting the accounts approved with other support, specifically that of unaffiliated councillor Marisa Gaspar. Vox explicitly rejects this option. Torres believes that a budget approved with a defector "is not what the people of Zaragoza want" and holds the PP responsible for refusing to fulfill the commitments made to her party.
Torres insists there is still room to reach an agreement and says that "if there is no budget agreement, it will not be because of Vox." But she also warns that the relationship will change substantially if they cease to be budget partners. "When you are a budget partner, you have to accept certain issues. If we are not partners, we can take a tougher opposition line," she said.
