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MADRID – The Spanish opposition People's Party (PP) would not apply a ‘cordon sanitaire’ to the far-right Vox party in government, PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo said on Sunday.
At the close of the two-day PP Congress in Madrid, where Núñez Feijóo was re-elected with almost 100% of the votes, the right-wing opposition leader made it clear that he does not exclude governing with Vox, Spanish news agency Servimedia reported.
Vox, a member of the Patriots for Europe (PfE) group in the European Parliament, is the third largest force in Madrid. Vox’s voters, the PP leader stated, "deserve respect", and he is not willing to "corner them".
For the PP there are only two major red lines, Núñez Feijóo reiterated. The party will not sign a pact with EH Bildu (considered by some in the right-wing and far-right camp to be the political heir of ETA), nor with the current leadership of the governing Socialist Party.
The PP would only be willing to dialogue with EH Bildu if the Basque separatist party apologises to all the victims of ETA (estimated at more than 850) and helps to shed light on its crimes, the PP leader said.
Recent corruption cases, coupled with an internal scandal in the PSOE, have emboldened the PP (which also experienced serious corruption cases in the past), fuelling its electoral expectations. However, according to some polls, the PP would not be able to govern alone and would need Vox. A general election is not due until 2027, but Sánchez has faced pressure to call snap elections in response to the recent scandals dogging his government.
PP and Vox already govern in several regions and municipalities in Spain, although they are separated by several sensitive issues, including the PP's migration policy, which Vox considers too soft.
