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Hemiciclo de una cámara alta vacío con escaños en penumbra
Hemiciclo parlamentario vacío, imagen alusiva a la disputa por el control del Senado. · Imagen generada para EPM

Feijóo seeks a Senate formula with Vox in Spain

Alberto Núñez Feijóo admitted that he is seeking a formula with Vox in the Senate because it would be a mistake to ease sanchismo's direct or indirect control…

--- The context --- The People's Party already holds an absolute majority on its own in the Senate and aims for three fifths of the chamber. In that setting, its relationship with Vox shapes the real control of the institution and its governability. --- The facts --- The PP leader and candidate for prime minister, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, admitted this Tuesday that he is seeking a formula with Vox in the Senate. As he explained, it would be a mistake to ease sanchismo's control of the chamber, directly or indirectly. Feijóo added that a formula already exists after pacts in several autonomous communities, which gave Santiago Abascal's party five seats in the upper chamber: regional senators designated in communities where the PP governs. --- The positions --- He argued that his counterparts know how far the PP can go and that it has a sense of State. If that attitude is reciprocal, he added, some formula for understanding will have to be found. He also appealed for respect and discretion, acknowledged possibilities of meeting points and stressed the commitment not to hand the Senate to sanchismo, saying he will work to secure the three fifths. --- What remains unknown --- The concrete content of the formula sought and its exact reach remain unknown. The available information is a breaking report pending expansion, so the terms of any possible understanding are still unspecified. --- Unanswered questions --- What shape will the formula Feijóo seeks with Vox take? Will Vox answer with the reciprocity and sense of State set as conditions? How would the understanding affect the upper chamber's governability? --- EPM analysis --- Control of the Senate is also negotiated through regional majorities and agreed designations. Without a deal, sanchismo could control the chamber indirectly; with an opaque deal, the risk of institutional blockage grows. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, the announced formula should be judged by its transparency and its effects on governability, not only by seat arithmetic. A Senate whose absolute majority is already secured needs no shortcuts, but clear rules that any citizen can assess. If the understanding with Vox is built with a sense of State, it must show that it does not block the chamber, but makes it work with real checks and decisions explained to the country.
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