Vox will enter the Andalusian government for the first time under a coalition agreement with the Partido Popular (PP), reshaping the region’s political field. Signed on 2 July 2026 at San Telmo by Junta president Juan Manuel Moreno and Vox’s Andalusian leader, Manuel Gavira, the deal gives Vox a vice presidency overseeing four portfolios: Tourism and Justice, along with Local Administration and Deregulation. These areas carry impressive influence over Andalusia’s economy and public services. The agreement ended Moreno’s previous effort to govern without Vox ministers.
The agreement followed weeks of negotiations, with the PP needing two additional votes to secure a majority in the 109-seat regional parliament. Vox, which holds 15 seats, used its parliamentary use to demand entry into the executive and control over strategic ministries. The coalition mirrors the PP-Vox arrangements in Extremadura. Similar deals are already in place in Aragón and Castilla y León. In the Andalusian executive, Gavira became second vice president of the Junta.
One of the most contentious points in the talks was the extent of Vox’s presence in the regional cabinet. The PP initially aimed to govern alone and limit Vox to technical ministries, but the final agreement gives Vox a broad portfolio; the distribution of other ministries remains undisclosed. Agriculture and Equality were particular sticking points, with the PP resisting Vox’s push for these areas. The coalition reflects a compromise shaped by national party directives and the arithmetic of the Andalusian parliament.
A impressive feature of the pact is the “national priority” principle in allocating public support, including subsidies and services. Vox parliamentary spokesman Javier Cortés said the agreement “makes national priority a reality” and provides for prioritizing Andalusians in access to housing and social assistance. He also linked the policy to a commitment to build 20,000 public homes for Andalusians over the following four years. The principle’s practical effect will depend on the eligibility rules and administrative decisions applied to individual housing and assistance programs.
The PP and Vox later backed a parliamentary motion calling for “national priority for Spaniards” in access to social or protected housing and related assistance. The motion also called for the repatriation of immigrants who had entered or remained in Spain illegally, bringing immigration enforcement into the housing-policy debate. The pact also commits the government to reducing, and ultimately eliminating, subsidies that do not contribute directly and verifiably to Andalusians’ quality of life, including some development-cooperation grants.
In October, the debate extended to grants for organizations serving vulnerable people, including migrants and people experiencing homelessness. The Junta withdrew or did not renew initial grants to some NGOs after the pact was signed. The agreement’s subsidy provisions became part of the political dispute, but the Andalusian government rejected the claim that individual grant decisions were directly caused by the coalition deal. Critics argued that migrants were disproportionately affected.
Socialist leader María Jesús Montero criticized Moreno’s alliance with Vox, saying he had chosen “national priority” and the protection of his pact with Vox over people experiencing homelessness. She also accused the Junta of withdrawing NGO contracts for ideological rather than service-related reasons and argued that the agreement threatened public funding for unions and NGOs. Her remarks set out the opposition’s criticism of the pact’s approach to social assistance and public funding.
Beyond the executive, Vox will also receive a vice presidency in the Andalusian parliament and one of the five Senate seats allocated to the region. The coalition is the fifth such government in Andalusia since the first regional elections in 1982. Earlier governments included two PSOE alliances, one with the Partido Andalucista and another with Izquierda Unida; the PP and Ciudadanos also governed together. The current deal replaces the previous PP-Ciudadanos coalition, which ended after the 2018 elections ousted the Socialists from power.
Moreno, who previously described the national-priority policy as an “electoral slogan,” ultimately accepted the terms set by the PP’s national leadership. He justified Vox’s inclusion in the government by citing the need for stability and referring to past coalition experiences in Andalusia. The move has drawn criticism from left-wing parties, which refused to support a solo PP government and dismissed the coalition talks as political theater.
The full text of the PP-Vox agreement is available for public review, information from El País. The coalition’s parliamentary cooperation has since extended to budget negotiations and the distribution of institutional posts. The parties have also opposed an investigation commission concerning health-screening programs. That cooperation marks a shift from earlier confrontation between Moreno and Gavira and shows that the agreement goes beyond the arithmetic of forming a government.
A poll reported by ABC in October projected Vox at 16.1% of the vote, up 2.3 percentage points, and estimated the party could win between 16 and 20 seats. The figures suggested that the agreement had not immediately weakened Moreno electorally and that Vox could retain or increase its influence in a future legislature. Andalusia, Spain’s most populous region, has long been a political bellwether. Its reliance on tourism and agriculture makes the distribution of ministerial responsibilities consequential, while the implementation of the pact’s housing and social-assistance provisions will be a basic test of the coalition.
