PS calms Montenegro’s spirits, voids Feijóo win, launches polls – Observer

Where Luis Montenegro feels the “wind of change”, PS You don’t feel any breeze, at least in favor of the Portuguese right side. The night of the Spanish elections is celebrated by the Portuguese socialists who focus comments on the glass half full, that is, on Strengthen (in votes and deputies) of PSOE, in go there To ally with the radical right of Vox, and in another dimension, to pacify souls as to what dictates Polls – not least because studies in Portugal show that PSD adheres to PS after the first year of absolute majority. As for the growth of the Socialist Workers Party of Alberto Vigo, the political brother of the Socialist Party, the Socialists depreciation Numbers and above all a possible infection effect.

The rise of the Popular Spaniards in the Socialist Party is seen as a direct result of two factors: the disappearance of Ciudadanos, which led to votes being transferred to the People’s Party, and Helpful vote He took advantage of those fleeing the radicalism of Vox. PS MEP Pedro Marques adds another element, to reduce the height: after all, recent legislators have been particularly hard on the People’s Party, after the Barcenas scandal, in which the former People’s Party treasurer was convicted in a scheme of corruption and illegal financing; There was only a way to grow, after the defeat of 2019, as the number of popular deputies dropped to 89 in the Spanish Congress.

In a summary of a major party leader, PP and Vox together “could not form a parliamentary majority, with the People’s Party sharing the votes of Vox and some of the defunct Ciudadanos” or, translation into Portugal and PSD: “without IL and participation from Chega” – which the Socialists did not think Luís Montenegro would be able to do.

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