{"id":1037,"date":"2026-05-18T19:58:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T16:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/?p=1037"},"modified":"2026-05-19T03:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T00:55:10","slug":"spain-shocking-blow-to-socialist-sanchez-in-andalusia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/spain-shocking-blow-to-socialist-sanchez-in-andalusia\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain: Shocking Blow to Socialist S\u00e1nchez in Andalusia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Andalusia<\/strong>, Spain\u2019s most populous autonomous community and a <strong>traditional left-wing stronghold for nearly four decades, is now steadily shifting to the right.<\/strong> The <strong>Spanish Socialist Workers&#8217; Party (PSOE)<\/strong> received just 22.7% of the vote and secured 28 seats in the 109-seat parliament, down from the 30 seats they won in 2022.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Socialist candidate, Mar\u00eda Jes\u00fas Montero, former Finance Minister and close ally of the Prime Minister,<\/strong> took responsibility for the result. &#8220;We take note,&#8221; she said, adding that her party would perform opposition duties from its new position.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_479979\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-479979\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-479979 size-full\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Mar\u00eda Jes\u00fas Montero\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" title=\"Spain: 'A Harsh Blow' to Socialist S\u00e1nchez in Andalusia\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsfiregr.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Maria_Jesus_Montero_Santseth.jpg 640w, https:\/\/newsfiregr.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Maria_Jesus_Montero_Santseth-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsfiregr.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Maria_Jesus_Montero_Santseth-150x113.jpg 150w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" src=\"https:\/\/newsfiregr.b-cdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Maria_Jesus_Montero_Santseth.jpg\"\/><\/figure><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-479979\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Mar\u00eda Jes\u00fas Montero<\/strong><\/figcaption><p>The People\u2019s Party (PP) under Juanma Moreno won the most seats with 41.6% and 53 seats, but <strong>lost the absolute majority it previously held.<\/strong> It now needs two more seats for a majority, clearing the way for cooperation with <strong>VOX, which slightly increased its share and became the third largest party.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The developments come amid numerous challenges for the <strong>Socialists.<\/strong> The party faces <strong>corruption allegations at both national and local levels,<\/strong> while earlier this year a <strong>serious railway accident near Adamuz<\/strong> in the province of C\u00f3rdoba triggered sharp criticism of the central government\u2019s infrastructure policies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Voters also expressed dissatisfaction with S\u00e1nchez\u2019s foreign policy,<\/strong> especially after his refusal to grant the United States military bases in Spain during Operation Epic Fury in Iran, a move that caused tensions with the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>Although the PP lost ground compared to 2022, Moreno, who has led the region since 2019, <strong>appeared open to an agreement with VOX. Such collaboration could pave the way for future national alliances.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The result in Andalusia is seen as a <strong>preview of next year\u2019s general elections<\/strong> and signals a clear shift to the right in Spain\u2019s political landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pedro S\u00e1nchez\u2019s Socialists suffered a historic defeat in Andalusia\u2019s regional vote, signaling a rightward shift as the PP won most seats but lacks a majority, hinting at a possible coalition with VOX.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":1038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[923,922,921,924,925],"nfg_topic":[134],"class_list":["post-1037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-andalusia","tag-maria-jesus-montero","tag-pedro-sanchez","tag-psoe","tag-vox","nfg_topic-europe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1037"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1039,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1037\/revisions\/1039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1037"},{"taxonomy":"nfg_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nfg_topic?post=1037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}