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PP pressures Junts ahead of potential break with PSOE
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The Popular Party leverages Junts' threat to break with the PSOE to ramp up pressure on Pedro Sánchez's Government, during a week of key decisions in Catalan independence and judicial appearances. Deputy Secretary Elías Bendodo has urged Carles Puigdemont's party to 'stand firm' against what he calls a corrupt Government. Sánchez, meanwhile, ignores the challenge and focuses his attacks on the PP's management in Valencia after the DANA floods.
Guardiola advances Extremadura elections to December 21
Extremadura's president, María Guardiola, has announced early regional elections for December 21 due to opposition rejection of the regional budgets. This decision kicks off an electoral cycle in PP-governed regions. The campaign will start on December 5.
Aznar urges PP calm amid Vox advance but calls for citizen mobilization
Former president José María Aznar urged the PP on Thursday to stay calm amid Vox's growth during his book launch in Madrid. He called on citizens to mobilize against Spain's 'rift' and ruled out a motion of censure against the government. He stressed that the PP remains the only constitutionalist party.
PP attacks Vox to stem vote transfer
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Spain's Popular Party has ramped up criticism of Vox to halt the vote shift to Santiago Abascal's party, exceeding one million votes per polls. Alberto Núñez Feijóo accuses Vox of tacitly aligning with the PSOE against him. Tensions heightened after Abascal's absence from October 12 events.