The Popular Party (PP) previously repudiated Vox as a party practicing politics based on 'fear, anger, resentment and revenge' six years ago, according to party statements. However, the PP entered into regional coalitions with Vox in Valencia, Aragón, Murcia, Extremadura, and Castilla y León, as reported by Spanish media. Those alliances ended in July 2024 when Vox abandoned all five coalitions after the PP supported the central government's plan to bring about 400 unaccompanied foreign children from the Canary Islands, according to news reports.
Last week, the PP and Vox reached an agreement to jointly govern Extremadura following months of negotiations after December's election, according to party sources. On Wednesday, a pact was announced to govern Aragón, as reported by Spanish media. Vox agreed to facilitate the return of María Guardiola as PP president of Extremadura in exchange for control of three regional ministries and measures including favouring Spaniards over foreign-born people for benefits and subsidies, according to the agreement text. Under the Extremadura agreement, there will be 'priority assignment of public resources to those who maintain a real, lasting and verifiable link to the territory', as stated in the pact. Guardiola was returned to office in a vote on Wednesday, according to official results. She had originally refused to consider governing with Vox after the previous regional election in May 2023, but a few weeks later, the PP entered into coalition with Vox, as reported by Spanish media.
We will guarantee that the Spaniard always comes first. We will put in place national priority for accessing subsidised housing, social rentals, grants and benefits.
The Aragón deal is similar to Extremadura's: Vox will run three regional ministries and has pushed for 'national priority' favouring Spaniards, according to the agreement. Coalition negotiations between the PP and Vox are still taking place after last month's election in Castilla y León, according to party sources. Meanwhile, Spain's socialist government seeks to regularise the status of at least 500,000 undocumented migrants, as announced by government officials.