The People’s Party wins the European elections in Spain with 22 seats, ahead of the PSOE which obtains 20. Third place is the far-right party Vox with 6 elected (EUROPEAN: THE SPECIAL – LIVE UPDATES).
The situation in Spain
The advantage of the People’s Party over the Socialists is 4 points, higher than that predicted by the exit polls, according to the actual results. The PP obtained 34.1% of the votes and 22 seats
61 that Spain elects to the European Parliament. The PSOE stands at 30.1% and 20 deputies. The far-right party Vox was confirmed as the third force, with 9.6% and 6 deputies. The left-wing Sumar platform with 4.6% of the votes obtains 3 seats, one more MEP of former Podemos members who stop at 3.2%. The party
far-right anti-system If acabò la fiesta (The party is over) with the leader Alvise Perez, on its debut it reached 4.5% and won three MEPs. The liberal Ciudadanos party remains outside the European Chamber. The Ahora Republicas coalition (Erc, EH Bildu, Bng, Ara Mes) gets 3 representatives. While Junts with 2.5% loses two of
three MEPs that it had in 2019 and gets 1, like the Coalition for a Solidarity Europe – Ceus (Pnv, Coaliccion Canaria, Geroa Bei).
see also
European elections, Le Pen wins by a landslide in France. De Croo leaves Belgium
National reading
From a national perspective, the result confirms the polarization of the Spanish electorate, which has already emerged from the national polls. But the victory is lower than expected for Nunez Feijoo’s popular party, who according to polls from a month ago had an advantage of at least 10 points. The opposition to the controversial amnesty law and the controversies raised by the judicial investigation involving Begona Gomez, the wife of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, have moved the vote against the socialists to a certain point. Who also mobilized the electorate on the diplomatic crisis with Buenos Aires, after Argentine president Javier Milei’s accusations of “corruption” against the progressive government and Sanchez’s wife.
