The Catalan nationalist party Junts has said it will not support any political move that could help hard-right party Vox enter government.
It comes amid growing pressure on Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez due to ongoing scandals within his PSOE party, with right-wing opponents weighing up a vote of no confidence.
But speaking on Friday, Junts spokeswoman Miriam Nogueras said her party’s ‘red line’ remains Vox and insisted Junts would never do anything that allowed ‘the far right’ to take power in Spain.
However, Nogueras stressed that no formal proposal had been presented to Junts.
‘Everyone talks a lot, but nobody does anything,’ she said, criticising both Spain’s main political parties for what she described as political noise rather than action.
Nogueras recalled that Junts called on Sanchez a year ago to submit himself to a confidence vote, arguing that a government unable to secure a parliamentary majority and fulfil agreements with its allies was effectively governing without sufficient support.
She also questioned how Sanchez intends to continue governing given the difficulties his coalition faces in securing majorities in parliament.
The Junts spokesperson noted that her party has previously called for an early general election and said both the PSOE and PP had ignored proposals that were already on the table.
In a separate interview, Nogueras doubled down on Junts’ opposition to Vox, saying the party had already blocked the possibility of a government led by Alberto Nuñez Feijoo after the July 2023 general election because it would have depended on support from Santiago Abascal and Vox.
‘Junts will never do anything that facilitates the far right being in power,’ she said.
Her remarks come after several parties, including Junts, have suggested the current legislature may be approaching its end, while at the same time ruling out support for any hypothetical motion of no confidence that could bring down the government.
The comments underline the political deadlock facing Sanchez, whose minority administration continues to rely on the backing of a complex coalition of regional and left-wing parties to remain in office.
