Vox has decided not to register its own candidacy for the Senate in six provinces, including the Balearic Islands, and to limit itself to a single candidate in another 14 constituencies, with the aim of stopping the pact between the PSOE, Frente Amplio, and various territorial leftist forces, according to the party's communication.
In detail, the formation will not compete with its own list in Las Palmas, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Cádiz, Valencia, Castellón, and the Balearic Islands, while it will opt for a single candidate in Sevilla, Huelva, Asturias, Badajoz, Álava, Navarra, Cáceres, Huesca, Zaragoza, Alicante, Granada, Cuenca, Pontevedra, and Jaén. In the remaining twenty-three provinces, Vox will run for the Senate with its usual candidacies.
At the same time, Vox and the PP have maintained discreet contacts to explore a joint candidacy for the Upper House that allows the 'popular' party to retain an absolute majority and approach three-fifths of the seats, a threshold that enables the appointment of members for the renewal of bodies such as the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ).
From Santiago Abascal's environment, they emphasize that Vox and the PP "are very different political formations, with very different discourses," although "it is no secret" that they agree "on the need to expel Pedro Sánchez's criminal organization from the institutions."