Small parties, nearly all of which lost seats in last month’s election, now hold the key to governing Spain again. The hunt is on for allies
without any obvious routes to reaching a majority. That leaves Mr Sánchez and Sumar, his radical-left partner party, trying to bring five regional parties to support him as prime minister for another term. Four of these are separatist. Spain, in other words, cannot be governed without the support of those who want to break it up.
Esquerra Republicana, which currently runs the region, is the more pragmatic of the two parties. It supported Mr Sánchez’s appointment last time. Before taking a summer break, Pere Aragonès, the regional president who hails from the party, held a press conference in which he hinted at what more he might want in exchange for Esquerra’s continuing support for the prime minister.
In an effort to generate goodwill, Yolanda Díaz, the leader of Sumar, has floated another proposal: to allow the use of regional languages alongside Spanish in the Congress of Deputies, the lower house of parliament. They are already allowed in the Senate. Letting them into the more powerful Congress would be a recognition of Spain’s diversity. It would also annoy Spaniards of a nationalist bent. But that might be a small price to pay if it worked.
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