The Its Socialist Labor Party Spain (PSOE) and her party radical left Sumar announced today that they have reached an agreement for the formation of a “progressive government”an important step towards his return Pedro Sanchez in the prime ministership.
Sanchez and Sumar chief Yolanda Dias, now acting labor minister, “finalized the details of an agreement” for the forming a coalition government “after negotiations that have been going on since the end of July”, the two parties pointed out in a joint statement.
This agreement is an important step for the return of Sanchez to the prime ministership, but to achieve this he will need the support of the Catalan separatists. The agreement reached between the PSOE and Sumar will be the “programmatic” plan for the “next parliamentary term”, the two parties clarify, which are expected to officially ratify it at 12:30 (local time, 13:30 Greek time ) in the presence of their leaders. It mainly includes “advances” in the field of work“like the reduction of working hours without reduction of wages” and the “immediate implementation of a shock plan” to tackle youth unemployment, as well as Spain’s “upward revision of climate targets”.
Sanchez’s party came second in the July 23 election, behind the People’s Party (PP) of Alberto Núñez Feijo. But he did not manage to gather an absolute majority and could not form a government coalition. While Sumar’s support is crucial, Sanchez also needs the separatist Basque parties, notably Bildu, which is seen as the heir to the political showcase of the armed group ETA. Bildu has already announced that it will support Sanchez in order to block the right.
The PSOE also needs Catalan separatists, notably Junts per Catalunya (JxCat), the party that led Catalonia’s failed secession attempt in 2017. Its leader Carles Puigdemont fled to Belgium to escape prosecution in Spain. The main demand of the party for its participation in the government coalition is the provision of amnesty to all those who participated in the attempt to make the province independent. If the Socialists and the Catalan parties fail to reach an agreement, Spain will go to new elections in January and then voters may give victory to the center-right coalition that in July lost the majority by a few votes.
Source: News Beast
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