Both parties are rushing to meet the deadline to establish some form of cooperation and try to guarantee a right-wing majority in the upper chamber. The formula could involve Vox not standing in certain constituencies in exchange for receiving senators appointed by regional legislatures, as Popular Party candidate Alberto Feijóo suggested last Tuesday.
Vox, for its part, has remained tight-lipped about the negotiations, as its secretary-general, Ignacio Garriga, stressed in Zaragoza on Sunday. He said his party “is fully aware of the urgency of the moment” and that Spaniards would not allow them to be “fighting over party labels or first and last names.”
He therefore called on the Popular Party to set partisan interests aside, since they share the common goal of “removing the mafia that governs us from Moncloa and its boss, Pedro Sánchez.” “The big question is whether the Popular Party is willing to show that level of vision and responsibility,” he added.
PROGRESS SENATE
Beyond this alliance, only a few details remain to be finalized. A week ago, the PSOE and Frente Amplio announced the Senado de Progreso coalition. In Aragon, the PSOE will occupy the first and third positions in all three provinces, CHA the second position in Zaragoza and Teruel, and IU the second in Huesca.
The main parties have already announced their complete lists for the three Aragonese constituencies. The Teruel Existe list for that province remains unknown, where one seat is usually guaranteed for the PP and another for the PSOE. The third seat is the one sought by the Teruel-based party, especially following Frente Amplio’s withdrawal. However, the Popular Party won it in the last general election, and polls suggest Vox could take it in this election.
As in Huesca and Teruel, in Zaragoza—the constituency that distributes the most seats (7)—we know all the politicians heading the various candidacies: Rocío Divar for the PP, Fernando Beltrán for the PSOE, Carmen Rouco for Vox, Marina Rodríguez for CHA, and Alicia Arteaga for Podemos.
