The King of Spain begins with Esparza the round of meetings with the parties

The King of Spain, Felipe VI, has begun the round of contacts that he intends to maintain with the parties, received with the leader of UPN, Javier Esparza, in the Zarzuela. The leader of the Navarran party was the first to explain to the king that he intended to become the next president of the Spanish government.

The king receives the representative of Canarian CoalitionCristina Valido, and afternoon Aitor Esteban, from GDPand Yolanda Diaz, van Add. It’s your turn tomorrow vox (Santiago Abascal), PSOE (Pedro Sanchez) and PP (Alberto Núñez Feijóo). EH Bildu, CKD, together And BNG They have refused to meet the monarch.

Once the intentions of the parties are known, the head of the Spanish state will nominate a candidate for the prime minister. For the first time, the leaders of two groups in Congress have shown willingness to present themselves for the inauguration: Feijóo and Sánchez.

If he decides not to nominate anyone after the first round, the king may issue a new round of contact days later.

The candidate proposed by the head of state will appear for the inauguration. The date of the session in the Congress of Deputies is agreed upon by the candidate herself and by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Francina Armengol. He would need an absolute majority on the first ballot. If that fails, a new vote will take place 48 hours later, requiring only a simple majority, ie more votes in favor than against.

Likewise, this final vote would determine the possible date for the rerun of the election if the candidate is not sworn in as president. If the plenary inauguration took place in the first half of September, the election would be held between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.