His threat to table a no-confidence motion could alienate his conservative voters and further strengthen the radical right-wing Vox
MADRID – Spain’s opposition leader, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, is trying to turn the Socialist government’s political woes into a fast-track to power but his plan is hitting the usual buffers: he does not have the numbers.
Feijóo, leader of the conservative People’s Party (PP), this week floated the idea of tabling a no-confidence motion against Pedro Sánchez, whose coalition, with regional separatist parties, has been battered by a string of corruption allegations and judicial investigations.
The latest blow came last week when Civil Guard police agents raided the PSOE headquarters in a case relating to alleged tampering by senior socialist figures with judicial investigations. A few days earlier, the country’s top criminal court had launched an investigation into former Socialist Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in connection with an international influence-peddling and money-laundering scheme.
For the PP, the situation has become “unsustainable”. And recent pressure from Sánchez’s own allies has raised hopes inside the conservative party that the prime minister’s support may be weakening.
