Moreno presses for swift investiture in Andalusia as Vox warns its vote is still 'no'
Juanma Moreno is pushing to hold his investiture debate as soon as possible, but Vox says an agreement remains elusive and its 15 deputies would vote against the PP candidate if the session were held today.
Moreno’s haste meets Vox’s brake
Juanma Moreno, Andalusia’s acting president, emerged from a meeting with the parliament’s speaker Jesús Aguirre on Tuesday asking for a plenary session to be called “as soon as possible.”
The conservative leader, who fell just two seats short of an absolute majority in the 17 May election, needs the 15 votes of Vox. His urgency is driven by a wish to have a government in place before the summer and to start drafting the 2027 budget, which must be delivered to the chamber by late October.Andalusia cannot waste a minute.
Vox: “the vote today would be no”
Vox spokesman Manuel Gavira told reporters that the party’s position had not changed.
He reproached the PP for taking twelve days to place its first phone call after the ballot and insisted that his party will not be rushed.As of today, Vox’s vote in a possible investiture debate would be against.
Both sides nevertheless described daily contacts and a “positive” atmosphere, with a long Monday meeting described as cordial and productive.We are not going to abstain.
The parliamentary timetable
The speaker is concluding his statutory round of consultations with all groups. The left-wing formations, PSOE (28 seats), Adelante Andalucía and Por Andalucía, have each confirmed they will not back Moreno.
- PP
- 53 seats
- PSOE
- 28 seats
- Vox
- 15 seats
A verbal outline but nothing in writing
According to participants, Monday’s sit-down produced a verbal sketch of a four-year programme centred on immigration, agriculture, tax cuts and deregulation.
The socialist leader told Aguirre she believes a deal between PP and Vox is already sealed behind closed doors. What remains unresolved is whether the agreement will include Vox holding cabinet posts; the PP prefers to govern alone while giving the smaller party detailed policy guarantees and a promise to pass four annual budgets.We are watching a liturgy of negotiations to feign toughness — this is pure vaudeville.
Left closes ranks
The PSOE’s María Jesús Montero made clear that her group will not abstain to ease Moreno’s path.
The bloc of leftist parties ensures that Moreno has no alternative parliamentary majority; his investiture therefore hinges entirely on a deal with Vox, making the ongoing negotiation the sole route to a new Andalusian government.The Socialist Party’s vote will be contrary to any proposal put forward by the right-wing groups.
