Alberto Núñez Feijóo says he could govern with Vox if voters leave the PP short of a majority. He also pledges annual pension rises in line with inflation and wants to revisit abortion rules for under-16s.
In an interview with Cadena SER on 23 October, the PP leader said the 29 November general election should produce enough parliamentary support for him to form a stable government. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez dissolved the Cortes on 5 October, triggering the early election. Feijóo expects the Partido Popular to finish first, but has not ruled out governing with Vox if the results make its support necessary. He said he would seek to form a government and could complete a PP majority with the third-largest political force if the parliamentary arithmetic required it.
That leaves the terms of any agreement unresolved. Feijóo framed possible cooperation with Vox as a response to the election result, rather than as a pre-election coalition agreement; policy and cabinet arrangements remained unsettled, as did any legislative programme. The PP and Vox already govern together in several autonomous communities. Feijóo also confirmed discussions with Vox leader Santiago Abascal about coordinated Senate candidacies: Vox could stand aside in selected provinces where it is unlikely to win a seat, with the PP potentially reciprocating. The talks concern Senate candidates, not a concluded governing pact for the Congress of Deputies, and Feijóo said nothing had been finalised. Spain’s Senate seats are allocated through a province-based majority system, where coordinated candidacies can affect the result.
Feijóo’s stated priority is to remove Pedro Sánchez from the Government. He described Sánchez as “un personaje tóxico y conflictivo” and said the PP’s objective was to end his government. The dispute around Sánchez has also included criticism from Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, who accused his government of encouraging arrivals in Ceuta for electoral gain in a separate report.
On pensions, Feijóo has made a clearer commitment: he says they should be updated each year in line with the consumer-price index (CPI). His campaign programme also proposes reviving the Pacto de Toledo, bringing unions and employers into discussions with political parties and the Government on maintaining the system’s long-term viability and protecting purchasing power across generations. The pledge is a campaign commitment, not a measure already in force.
His position on the minimum wage is less specific. Feijóo says a PP government would meet unions and other social partners to agree its level, rather than promise a particular increase. He has criticised the current Government for acting without agreement from economic representatives and says this has hurt productivity.
Housing is part of his economic plan. Feijóo says he wants to build at least one million homes, arguing that this could create approximately 500,000 jobs while supporting economic activity. He says the added supply could also help bring down housing and rental costs. Those figures are his stated projections. He also says he wants average wages to rise alongside the minimum wage.
Feijóo would reopen discussion of abortion rules for girls under 16, arguing that their parents should know about the decision. He has not set out a specific change, saying the matter would be considered during a legislature if he took office. He has also said women should be able to access abortion in public or private healthcare, while acknowledging that he cannot compel a doctor to perform the procedure.
He has pledged to reform the Ley de Eutanasia, saying the current text gives specialist doctors too limited a role. Feijóo supports the idea of a dignified death but says it should follow a finding that a person’s life cannot be maintained at minimum standards of dignity.
