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Feijóo targets Sánchez exit and keeps Vox coalition option open

Alberto Núñez Feijóo set removing Pedro Sánchez from the Moncloa as his priority for November 29, repeated that he wants to govern alone and kept a coalition…

--- The context --- Spain is heading toward elections on November 29 with control of the Moncloa at the center of the contest. Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of the PP, used a radio interview to rank his priorities and sketch the government he proposes if voters give him their backing. His message combined outright rejection of Pedro Sánchez with a broad program covering housing, pensions, the minimum wage and existing social legislation. --- The facts --- Feijóo set as his priority removing Sánchez from the Moncloa, describing him as a toxic and conflictive figure. He repeated that he wants to govern alone if he has sufficient backing, but he kept alive the possibility of a coalition with Vox if the vote requires him to seek a majority and stability with the third force in the country, with pacts that, he said, would be fully transparent. He also confirmed talks with Vox to optimize the right-wing vote in the Senate. Within that understanding, he raised the possibility that the PP might not field candidates in provinces where it has never won representation, in exchange for reciprocal Vox withdrawals in other districts. On the institutional side, he announced that he will not keep 22 ministries and that Equality will not have its own ministry, since it will be integrated into another department. He declined to name in advance who would hold the Economy portfolio in a government led by him. --- The positions --- The PP leader accused Sánchez of being president thanks to EH Bildu and of having amended the Criminal Code at the demands of Carles Puigdemont. He pledged to repeal the Democratic Memory Law and to ban parties from including people convicted of terrorism on their electoral lists. Those accusations and pledges place memory, terrorism and parliamentary alliances among the hardest edges of his electoral offer to voters. --- What remains unknown --- Still to be specified are the exact terms of the Senate understanding with Vox, the provinces affected by the possible withdrawals and the department that would absorb the Equality competences. The name planned for Economy is also unknown, as is the detailed timetable for the announced social reforms. The practical reach of each measure will depend on the election result and on the majority that ultimately takes shape after the vote on November 29. --- Unanswered questions --- Which provinces would the PP leave without candidates of its own, and what would it receive in return in each district? What political and programmatic price would a coalition with Vox carry if the vote forces that search for a majority? How would the full state guarantee on loans and the announced construction be financed without straining public accounts? What will happen to the rights recognized in the laws he proposes to reform or review? --- EPM analysis --- The interview organizes a candidacy that seeks to add support along two paths: mobilizing voters who want a change of government and closing no parliamentary door. The price of that breadth is ambiguity, because governing alone and governing with Vox are different scenarios that demand different concessions. On housing and pensions, the program promises a great deal and details very little, so its credibility will depend on figures that have not yet been presented to the public. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, Feijóo has defined his objective clearly and his path with deliberate ambiguity, and that combination deserves demanding scrutiny: removing Sánchez is a slogan, not a program, and the coalition with Vox, the Senate withdrawals and the announced social reforms will carry costs and consequences that voters should know before November 29, with names, provinces, figures and deadlines on the table, because the transparency he promises for his pacts should begin with explaining them in full during the campaign, rather than after the ballots have already decided what kind of government Spain will actually get next.
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