Moreno presses for swift investiture in Andalusia as Vox warns its vote is still 'no'

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.”

Andalusia cannot waste a minute.

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.

Vox: “the vote today would be no”

Vox spokesman Manuel Gavira told reporters that the party’s position had not changed.

As of today, Vox’s vote in a possible investiture debate would be against.

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.

We are not going to abstain.

Both sides nevertheless described daily contacts and a “positive” atmosphere, with a long Monday meeting described as cordial and productive.

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

PSOE

28

Vox

15

PP

53 seats

PSOE

28 seats

Vox

15 seats

Aguirre has summoned the Junta de Portavoces for Wednesday; the chamber’s rules give him until 26 June to propose a candidate. Parliamentary sources believe the investiture debate itself is likely to be convened next week, though Aguirre may opt not to exhaust the legal window.

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.

We are watching a liturgy of negotiations to feign toughness — this is pure vaudeville.

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.

Left closes ranks

The PSOE’s María Jesús Montero made clear that her group will not abstain to ease Moreno’s path.

The Socialist Party’s vote will be contrary to any proposal put forward by the right-wing groups.

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.